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613 articles from NASA

• FRIDAY 17. MAY, 2013
• 02:56 Bright Explosion on the Moon

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  NASA researchers who monitor the Moon for meteoroid impacts have detected the brightest explosion in the history of their program. It was caused by a small boulder-sized meteoroid hitting the Moon with as much energy as 5 tons of TNT.  

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• FRIDAY 10. MAY, 2013
• 18:07 Planets Aligning in the Sunset Sky

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  Mercury, Venus and Jupiter are lining up for a beautiful sunset conjunction at the end of May.  

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• MONDAY 6. MAY, 2013
• 07:05 Glow-in-the-Dark Plants on the ISS

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• TUESDAY 30. APRIL, 2013
• 01:20 Gigantic Hurricane Spotted on Saturn

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  NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted a gigantic hurricane swirling inside a mysterious, six-sided weather pattern known as "the hexagon" at Saturn's north pole.  

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• SATURDAY 27. APRIL, 2013
• 03:11 Cassini Catches Meteors Hitting Saturn's Rings

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  NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids crashing into Saturn's rings and breaking into streams of rubble.  

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• THURSDAY 25. APRIL, 2013
• 04:08 See Saturn at its Best and Brightest

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  Saturn and Earth are having a close encounter. See the ringed planet at its best and brightest on April 28th.  

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• WEDNESDAY 24. APRIL, 2013
• 18:07 Hubble Sees Comet ISON

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• FRIDAY 19. APRIL, 2013
• 19:24 Comet ISON Meteor Shower

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  A new model of the debris flowing from Comet ISON suggests that the sungrazer could dust the Earth with meteoroids in early 2014. Experts discuss the possibilities today's story from Science@NASA.  

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• THURSDAY 18. APRIL, 2013
• 21:04 Kepler Discovers Smallest 'Habitable … Zone' Planets

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  NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.  

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• MONDAY 15. APRIL, 2013
• 04:35 A Whiff of Dark Matter on the ISS

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  A particle detector on board the International Space Station has recorded intriguing signs of Dark Matter. Researchers say that a significant advance in cosmology could be in the offing.  

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• FRIDAY 29. MARCH, 2013
• 21:47 Don't Let This Happen to Your Planet

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  Life as we know it doesn't thrive on planets without ozone layers, which is why the recovery of Earth's ozone layer is so important. A new instrument slated for launch to the ISS will monitor our planet's protective ozone cocoon with greater depth and precision than ever before.  

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• TUESDAY 26. MARCH, 2013
• 16:11 Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars

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• THURSDAY 21. MARCH, 2013
• 15:25 Universe Older Than Previously Thought

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  The European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft has released the most detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins.  

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• FRIDAY 15. MARCH, 2013
• 19:35 Sunset Comet

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  Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft has beamed back spectacular pictures of a "wild and ragged" tail behind the comet's active nucleus.  

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• TUESDAY 12. MARCH, 2013
• 19:49 Rover: Conditions Once Suited for Life on Mars

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  An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.  

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• SUNDAY 10. MARCH, 2013
• 21:55 Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts … Growing Seasons

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  Vegetation growth at Earth's northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study. "It's like Winnipeg, Manitoba, moving to Minneapolis-Saint Paul in only 30 years," says one of the lead researchers.  

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• FRIDAY 8. MARCH, 2013
• 16:06 Solar Wind Energy Source Discovered

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  Using data from an aging NASA spacecraft, researchers have found signs of an energy source in the solar wind that has caught the attention of fusion researchers.  

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• SATURDAY 2. MARCH, 2013
• 01:04 Solar Cycle Update: Twin Peaks?

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  Something unexpected is happening on the sun. 2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, but solar activity is much lower than expected. At least one leading forecaster expects the sun to rebound with a double-peaked maximum later this year.  

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• THURSDAY 28. FEBRUARY, 2013
• 22:10 Van Allen Probes Discover a New Radiation Belt

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  Earth's radiation belts were one of the first discoveries of the Space Age. A new finding published in today's issue of Science shows that we still have much to learn about them. NASA's twin Van Allen Probes, launched just last August, have revealed a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth.  

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• TUESDAY 26. FEBRUARY, 2013
• 16:05 What Exploded over Russia?

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  Two weeks after an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, scientists are making progress understanding the origin and make-up of the unexpected space rock. This week's ScienceCast presents their latest results.  

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• WEDNESDAY 20. FEBRUARY, 2013
• 21:25 Kepler Discovers a System of Tiny Planets

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  NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun.  

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• THURSDAY 14. FEBRUARY, 2013
• 16:56 Possible Seismic Activity on Asteroid 2012 DA14

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  Some researchers believe that near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 might experience seismic activity when it flies through Earth's gravitational field on Feb. 15th.  

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• 04:56 NASA to Broadcast Asteroid Flyby of Earth

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  Starting at 2 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 15, NASA Television will provide commentary and images of near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 as it flies safely past Earth closer than many artificial satellites.  

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• WEDNESDAY 13. FEBRUARY, 2013
• 23:02 The UN Braces for Stormy Space Weather

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  Forecasters say solar maximum is due in 2013. To prepare, the UN is organizing an international response to stormy space weather.  

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• SATURDAY 9. FEBRUARY, 2013
• 22:09 Curiosity Drills into Mars

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  In a milestone accomplishment, NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into a rock on Mars and gathered material from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars.  

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