Apr 06 NASA sets solar flare images to music By News Desk NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has released dramatic video of a "mid-level" solar flare from April 2. [youtube:http://youtu.be/_8yPQEE2Dnk] Flares are short, powerful bursts of radiation emitted from the sun's surface. NASA says the radiation cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, but on rare… Continue reading
Apr 03 NASA halts engagement with Russia in response to 'violation of Ukraine's sovereignty' By Ellen Rolfes NASA announced Wednesday that it is halting almost all of its activities and contact with Russia. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Evidence of cosmic inflation expands understanding of universe's origins By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 How massive sloshing stars make fiery supernovas By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists believe they have finally captured what happens in the heart of a star before it explodes in a supernova. With the help of NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), scientists mapped how shockwaves rip apart dying stars. Their… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch a massive asteroid pass by Earth, beginning at 9 p.m. EST By Joshua Barajas An asteroid the size of three football fields is expected to zip by Earth at a close, but safe distance on Monday. Traveling at 27,000 mph, the celestial object 2000 EM26 will be approximately 2 million miles from the Earth’s… Continue reading
Jan 23 There's a new supernova in the neighborhood By News Desk The astronomy world is abuzz with excitement over the birth of a new supernova in the relatively nearby galaxy known as M82. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch From superstorms to sequestration, 2013 held progress and pitfalls for science From superstorms to sequestration, 2013 held progress and pitfalls for science… Continue watching
Dec 13 Make a wish: Geminid meteor shower brings chance to see the dozens of shooting stars Image by NASA If you can get away from the city lights, the Geminid meteor shower peaks late Friday night and early into Saturday morning. Weather permitting, 90 to 120 meteors per hour will be visible in the… Continue reading
Dec 04 What's in the box, NASA? What's in the box? A NASA-style holiday gift: the @NASA_Orion heat shield ships today from NH to @NASAKennedy pic.twitter.com/T5DuWtjda5— NASA (@NASA) December 4, 2013… Continue reading
Dec 02 Chinese probe will be first to land on the Moon in 37 years .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } China launched its unmanned… Continue reading