How do we do research in zero gravity? Actually when astronauts do experiments on the International Space Station, for instance, to environment on organisms, that environment is actually technically called microgravity. That is, things feel weightless, but we’re still under the influence of Earth’s gravity. Now, the very microgravity that we’re trying to study up […]
Category: Science Mission Directorate
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Sets Sights on Titan’s Mysteries
When it descends through the thick golden haze on Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft will find eerily familiar terrain. Dunes wrap around Titan’s equator. Clouds drift across its skies. Rain drizzles. Rivers flow, forming canyons, lakes and seas. But not everything is as familiar as it seems. At minus 292 degrees Fahrenheit, the dune […]
- Auroras
- Curiosity (Rover)
- Earth's Magnetic Field
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk)
- Heliophysics
- Heliophysics Division
- Magnetosphere
- Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
- Mars Odyssey
- MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
- NASA Centers & Facilities
- NASA Directorates
- Science & Research
- Science Mission Directorate
- Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
- The Solar System
- THEMIS-ARTEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms - Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of Moon's Interaction with the Sun)
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
- Auroras
- Curiosity (Rover)
- Earth's Magnetic Field
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk)
- Heliophysics
- Heliophysics Division
- Magnetosphere
- Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
- Mars Odyssey
- MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
- NASA Centers & Facilities
- NASA Directorates
- Science & Research
- Science Mission Directorate
- Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
- The Solar System
- THEMIS-ARTEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms - Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of Moon's Interaction with the Sun)
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
- Auroras
- Curiosity (Rover)
- Earth's Magnetic Field
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk)
- Heliophysics
- Heliophysics Division
- Magnetosphere
- Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
- Mars Odyssey
- MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
- NASA Centers & Facilities
- NASA Directorates
- Science & Research
- Science Mission Directorate
- Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
- The Solar System
- THEMIS-ARTEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms - Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of Moon's Interaction with the Sun)
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s activity can affect us. One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other […]
NASA Earns Two Emmy Nominations for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Coverage
NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s outstanding work in sharing this rare celestial event with audiences around the world. The winners are set […]
NASA Gathers Experts to Discuss Emerging Technologies in Astrophysics
The future of astrophysics research could unlock the secrets of the universe, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum sensing, and advanced materials may hold the key to faster, more efficient discovery. Advancements and implementations of new technologies are imperative for observational astrophysics to achieve the next level of detection. NASA’s Emerging Technologies for Astrophysics […]
How Are We Made of Star Stuff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 58
How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s not an analogy, it’s literally true. The elements in our bodies, the elements that make up our bones, the trees we see outside, the other planets in the solar system, other stars in the galaxy. These […]