A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.

A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observations collected on Feb. 18 and 26, experts from NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the ...

Users Group is a recurring Webex forum that brings together researchers, open-science practitioners, and collaborators ...

A NASA-sponsored team has developed electronics that can operate reliably in the harsh radiation and temperature conditions found on distant planetary bodies like Europa, an ocean world orbiting ...

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory began its 24-month primary science mission on March 1. The spacecraft, launched in September 2025, will focus its ...

Spectroscopy is a scientific method of studying objects and materials based on detailed patterns of colors (wavelengths). Spectroscopy is used to figure out what things are made of, how hot they are, ...

The pair will be about one degree apart, which is roughly the width of a single finger if you hold it at arm's length. A conjunction happens when two objects in the night sky appear close together, ...

Hubble also revolutionized our understanding of planetary nebulae; its detailed images showed that the simple, circular appearance of a planetary nebula seen from the ground belies a very complex ...

The Galápagos Conservancy is also using NASA satellite data and the decision tool developed to help guide tortoise releases on other Galápagos islands and to plan future reintroductions across the ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on Earth. The shadow comprises two concentric cones, a dark inner shadow called the umbra and a lighter outer ...