An Interactive History Of NASA Spacesuits
Check out the gear that American astronauts have worn to work throughout history.
View ArticleNASA's Simulation Of The Asteroid Passing Earth Is Terrifying
NASA has posted an animated trajectory of the asteroid that is passing the Earth today. It appears to pass close enough to make you cringe.
View ArticleWhat Space Does To Our Bodies: An Interactive Guide
You'll think twice about your dream of going to space after you play around on this website.
View ArticleExtreme Power Of Black Holes Revealed
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and a suite of other telescopes to reveal one of the most powerful black holes known. The black hole has created enormous structures in the hot...
View ArticleAntares Rocket Explodes On Launch
The Antares rocket that was supposed to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station crashed upon launch Tuesday night. Here's the sad footage of the incident from the Wallops Flight...
View ArticleDust From The Sahara Feeds The Amazon's Plants
After strong winds sweep across the Sahara, a tan cloud rises in the air, stretches between the continents, and ties together the desert and the jungle. It’s dust. And lots of it.
View ArticleBlue Aurorae In Mars’ Sky Visible To The Naked Eye
For the first time, an international team of scientists from NASA, the Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics of Grenoble, the European Space Agency and Aalto University in Finland, have predicted...
View ArticleThis Stunning Photo Shows The Eruption Of Wolf Volcano In The Galapagos Islands
In late May 2015, the highest volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupted for the first time in 33 years.
View ArticleThis Engine Was Fed A Steady Diet Of Volcanic Ash
Most people are careful to maintain their cars and keep the engine clean and out of the repair shop. However, this week a joint NASA, government and industry project team seeks to purposely feed...
View ArticleJupiter’s Great Red Spot: A Swirling Mystery
The largest and most powerful hurricanes ever recorded on Earth spanned over 1,000 miles across with winds gusting up to around 200 mph. That’s wide enough to stretch across nearly all US states east...
View ArticleNASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face Of Earth
A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images...
View ArticleCrew Members Sample Leafy Greens Grown On Space Station
Fresh veggies grown in space microgravity are on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. Crew members on Expedition 44, including NASA's one-year astronaut...
View ArticleNASA Confirms That The World Will Definitely Not End Next Month
Numerous recent blogs and web postings are erroneously claiming that an asteroid will impact Earth, sometime between Sept. 15 and 28, 2015. On one of those dates, as rumors go, there will be an impact...
View ArticleNASA Releases Plan Outlining Next Steps In The Journey To Mars
The journey to Mars crosses three thresholds, each with increasing challenges as humans move farther from Earth. NASA is managing these challenges by developing and demonstrating capabilities in...
View ArticleUS Astronaut Scott Kelly Has Spent More Time In Space Than Any Other Astronaut
On Friday, Oct. 16, Kelly begins his 383rd day living in space, surpassing US astronaut Mike Fincke’s record of 382 cumulative days.
View ArticleMost Earth-Like Worlds Are Yet To Be Born
Earth came early to the party in the evolving universe. According to a new theoretical study, when our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago, only eight percent of the potentially habitable...
View ArticleNASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission To International Space Station
NASA took a significant step Friday toward expanding research opportunities aboard the International Space Station with its first mission order from Hawthorne, California based-company SpaceX to launch...
View ArticleNASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Will Retire On April 1
After retiring, Kelly will continue to participate in the ongoing research related to his one-year mission.
View ArticleNASA Announces Discovery Of 1,284 New Planets
An analysis of the potential planet catalog from the summer of last year confirmed 1,284 new planets — the single largest discovery of planets to date.
View ArticleTraveling To The Sun: Why Won't Parker Solar Probe Melt?
Inside the corona, it is, of course, unimaginably hot. The spacecraft will travel through material with temperatures greater than a million degrees Fahrenheit while being bombarded with intense sun...
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