Saturn’s dark side looms large in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in January 2015. Barely visible in the bottom-left corner is Tethys, one of Saturn’s moons.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute A spectacular photo of Saturn’s night side and its rings plus a glimmer of moon, from the Cassini spacecraft, shows just how dark the […]
Two passenger airlines soon will test NASA-developed software designed to help air carriers save time and reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. To source
In recognition of those who built exemplary careers and contributed to NASA Glenn Research Center’s success, six individuals and one group of researchers will be inducted into Glenn’s new Hall of Fame. To source
Baritone Ben Edquist performs as soprano Pureum Jo (left) looks on during a preview of “O Columbia” held for NASA employees at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.Credit: Houston Grand Opera HOUSTON — It is not unusual, given NASA’s presence in the community, to hear of people in Houston singing the virtues of space exploration. Those […]
If Earth were as small as a marble, the solar system out to Neptune would cover an area the size of San Francisco — and that’s just in two dimensions. That point is driven home by a new video called “To Scale: The Solar System ,” which shows filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, along […]
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Prometheus and Pandora are almost hidden in Saturn’s rings in this image. To source
On the evening of Sept. 27, the moon will once again become immersed in the Earth’s shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipse — the fourth such event in the last 17 months, As with all lunar eclipses, the region of visibility for Sunday’s blood-moon lunar eclipse will encompass more than half of our planet. […]
Astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, left, and Terry Virts of NASA speak about their time aboard the International Space Station at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) town hall on Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Washington, DC.Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani The benefits of spaceflight extend far beyond the borders of countries […]
Hexagon observations made by Cassini in 2012, taken in wavelengths ranging from UV to IR.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Hampton University The huge, mysterious hexagon at Saturn’s north pole may finally have an explanation. The bizarre hexagonal cloud pattern was first discovered in 1988 by scientists reviewing data from NASA’s Voyager flybys of Saturn in 1980 and 1981, but […]
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space tracking station at New Norcia, Western Australia, in 3D #estrack40 To source
An early production painting of “Discovery” closely matches the description of the ship in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel “2001: A Space Odyssey.”Credit: Copyright © 2014 Turner Entertainment Co. 2001: A Space Odyssey and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Turner Entertainment Co. (s14) Piers Bizony is a science writer and author […]
Does spaceflight affect the human body all the way down to the genetic level? And if so, can a study of those changes help protect or even select future astronauts? Scientists working on NASA’s one-year mission are taking the first steps toward answering those questions. Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are living on […]