In mid-July, Alaska seemed to be headed toward its worst wildfire year on record. But then a period of cool,…
Walter Williams was a native of New Orleans, LA and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in aeronautical engineering from…
Fires blazing in several areas of Northern California continue.
This photo simulation shows a laboratory-created "chemical garden," which is a chimney-like structure found at bubbling vents on the seafloor.
Astronauts on the International Space Station continue testing the VEGGIE hardware for growing vegetables and plants in space. VEGGIE provides…
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A Near Space Corporation high-altitude balloon is highlighted by the sun as it lifts a prototype space reentry capsule designed…
On July 28, 2015, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured images of algal blooms around…
Thanks to the illumination angle, Mimas (right) and Dione (left) appear to be staring up at a giant Saturn looming…
The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrockets" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92A.
