Science & Research

Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Uncategorized
When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE-2) rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa studied waves traveling down Earth’s magnetic field lines into the polar atmosphere.
Posted July 22, 2024
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
An international team of scientists using data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has discovered evidence of caves beneath the Moon’s surface.
Posted July 18, 2024
Lunar Science
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 17, to provide an update on a program within NASA’s Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office.
Posted July 17, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere.
Posted July 15, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Science & Research
The Universe
Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra. Its operations have led to a “parade” of discoveries by astronomers around the world.
Posted July 12, 2024
Astrophysics
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Protostars
Science & Research
Star-forming Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
The colors within this mid-infrared image reveal details about the central protostar’s behavior. The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Posted July 2, 2024
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision.
Posted June 28, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
For Researchers
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
Technology Research
The Future of Commercial Space
Technological innovations make headlines every day, and NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) Portfolio of awards are driving these innovations into the future. InSPA awards help U.S. companies demonstrate in-space manufacturing of their products and move them to market, propelling U.S.
Posted June 28, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
Science & Research
As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars for the benefit of all, a habitat-growing concept selected Wednesday by the agency could help “grow” homes using fungi for future explorers.
Posted June 26, 2024
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
Earth Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
Posted June 26, 2024
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