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Earth
Floods
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
The island of Hawai’i and surrounding waters glow in unusual shades in this 2022 model made through NASA DEVELOP. The model was created to help the County of Hawai’i in their shoreline setback plan. The image shows areas of high flood risk (blue), as well as sea surface temperatures. Orange in the west indicates high […]
Posted May 21, 2024
Science & Research
Heliophysics
Solar Flares
Solar Wind
Space Weather
NASA announced Tuesday it selected a new instrument to study the Sun and how it creates massive solar eruptions. The agency’s Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation, or JEDI, will capture images of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet light, a type of light invisible to our eyes but reveals many of the underlying mechanisms of the […]
Posted May 21, 2024
Johnson Space Center
Events
General
Celebrate your pop-culture fandom and uncover the latest science, technology, and discoveries of human spaceflight and exploration with NASA’s Johnson Space Center at Comicpalooza 2024 from May 24 to 26 at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Engage with a fully immersive NASA exhibit, touch the only mobile Moon rock in the world, join […]
Posted May 21, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of NASA
As team lead of the Instrument Design Laboratory, Kan Yang turns science concepts into engineering reality.
Posted May 21, 2024
Glenn Research Center
AeroSpace Frontiers
General
Four of NASA Glenn Research Center’s digital specialists were selected as 2023 NASA Photographers and Videographers of the Year. The winning photos and videos showcased NASA’s people, places, and projects, as captured by NASA’s talented photographers and videographers. There were numerous submissions from all NASA centers for several categories.
Posted May 21, 2024
Glenn Research Center
AeroSpace Frontiers
General
NASA’s Glenn Research Center kicked off the Ohio Space Forum with a tour of several research facilities at its Cleveland location on April 29. The annual two-day forum brings together federal, military, industry, and academic leaders in space research, operations, intelligence, exploration, and defense.
Posted May 21, 2024
Glenn Research Center
AeroSpace Frontiers
General
Beginning May 24, Great Lakes Science Center, home of the NASA Glenn Visitor Center, will welcome guests aboard TapeScape: International Tape Station.   The unique exhibit focuses on the dynamic intersection of materials science and the groundbreaking research at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Posted May 21, 2024
Glenn Research Center
AeroSpace Frontiers
Representatives from Team NEO toured several facilities at NASA’s Glenn Research Center on April 24. Team NEO is the designated Northeast Ohio JobsOhio Network Partner that works to expand business, establish partnerships, and create jobs.
Posted May 21, 2024
Binary Stars
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Neptune-Like Exoplanets
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Discovery A planet that could resemble a smaller version of our own Neptune orbits one of two Sun-like stars that also orbit each other. The planet dwells in the “habitable zone,” with a potentially moderate temperature, and poses a challenge to prevailing ideas of planet formation. Key Facts Astronomers once imagined that our solar […]
Posted May 21, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Studying Exoplanets
A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system by testing new tools that block starlight, […]
Posted May 21, 2024
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