On Feb. 19, 2014 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this striking false-colored image of the…
Exoplanet Discoveries
The histogram shows the number of planets by size for all known exoplanets.
On Feb. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:49 p.m. EST. These Solar Dynamics Observatory…
Alex Priskos, who is leading the work on the boosters that will power the Space Launch System (SLS), will discuss…
The closest supernova of its kind to be observed in the last few decades has sparked a global observing campaign…
Saturn's D ring is easy to overlook since it's trapped between the brighter C ring and the planet itself. But…
The Bell X-5 was built to test the feasibility of changing the sweep angle of an aircraft's wings in flight.
Flying over East Asia, an Expedition 38 crew member on the International Space Station took this night image of the…
In February 1970, Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., was named…
