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Europa Clipper
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter
The Solar System
The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable.
Posted September 17, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
The Universe
With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University has found more black holes in the early universe than has previously been reported. The new result can help scientists understand how supermassive black holes were created.
Posted September 17, 2024
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
A new instrument is using advanced detection techniques and leveraging an orbit with specific characteristics to increase our understanding of the Van Allen belts—regions surrounding Earth that contain energetic particles that can endanger both robotic and human space missions.
Posted September 17, 2024
NASA History
Aeronautics
NASA Aircraft
The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, built by North American Aviation (NAA), greatly expanded our knowledge of flight at speeds exceeding Mach 6 and altitudes above 250,000 feet. A joint project among NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy, the X-15’s first powered flight took place on Sept. 17, 1959, at the Flight Research […]
Posted September 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core
Hybrid-electric cars have been a staple of the road for many years now. Soon that same idea of a part-electric-, part-gas-powered engine may find its way into the skies propelling a future jet airliner. NASA is working in tandem with industry partner GE Aerospace on designing and building just such an engine, one that burns […]
Posted September 17, 2024
“I would say family and part of that ‘first-gen experience’ [shaped me]. Being born in the U.S. gave me a lot of opportunities that my family and parents were robbed of because of situations in their home country. It shaped me to be a hard worker and to aspire to large things because not only was it […]
Posted September 16, 2024
Blogs
The Perseverance rover is reaching new heights as it ascends the rim of Jezero crater (over 300 meters in elevation higher than the original landing site)! The rover is now enroute to its first campaign science stop Dox Castle (image in the far ground) a region of interest for its potential to host ancient Mars’ […]
Posted September 16, 2024
Johnson Space Center
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) researchers examined the structures of four titanium-based compounds solidified in levitators in microgravity and on the ground and found that the internal microstructures were generally similar. These results could support development of new materials for use in space manufacturing.
Posted September 16, 2024
Earth
Earth Observatory
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this view of peak fall foliage around Ottawa, Canada on Oct. 14, 2020.
Posted September 16, 2024
For Educators
Aerosols
Climate Change
Clouds
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
For Kids and Students
Grades 5 - 8
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9 - 12
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Learning Resources
NASA STEM Projects
Partner with NASA STEM
Space Grant
STEM Engagement at NASA
As students head back to school, teachers have a new tool that brings NASA satellite data down to their earthly classrooms. For over 50 years of observing Earth, NASA’s satellites have collected petabytes of global science data (that’s millions and millions of gigabytes) – with even more terabytes more coming in by the day. Since 2004, […]
Posted September 16, 2024
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