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J-2X Engine ‘Goes the Distance’ at Stennis
J-2X Engine ‘Goes the Distance’ at Stennis

J-2X rocket engine testing continues at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi with the second in a series of tests…

J-2X Engine ‘Goes the Distance’ at Stennis
J-2X Engine ‘Goes the Distance’ at Stennis

J-2X rocket engine testing continues at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi with the second in a series of tests…

Building the Stage Adapter for Orion and SLS
Building the Stage Adapter for Orion and SLS

NASA is designing and building the Stage Adapter that will attach the Orion crew vehicle to the United Launch Alliance…

Black Holes: Monsters in Space
Black Holes: Monsters in Space

This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black…

Night View of Cleveland
Night View of Cleveland

One of the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 240 miles,…

Two Models of Black Hole Spin
Two Models of Black Hole Spin

Scientists measure the spin rates of supermassive black holes by spreading the X-ray light into different colors. The light comes…

What XMM-Newton Saw
What XMM-Newton Saw

The solid lines show two theoretical models that explain the low-energy X-ray emission seen from the galaxy NGC 1365 by…

Winter Storm Across Central United States
Winter Storm Across Central United States

In late February 2013, a major snowstorm made its way across the continental United States, dropping snow from Colorado to…

How to Measure the Spin of a Black Hole
How to Measure the Spin of a Black Hole

Black holes are tremendous objects whose immense gravity can distort and twist space-time, the fabric that shapes our universe. These…

Engineers Prepare SpaceX 2 Payload
Engineers Prepare SpaceX 2 Payload

Feb. 27, 2013 -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers prepare experiments…