Science

Rare alignment allows Hubble to become a planet hunter

(Source Space Telescope Science Institute) - With the probable demise of the Kepler mission due a failure of the components used…

11 years ago

Congress Mulls Asteroid Protection for the Most Important Planet – Earth

On March 19th 2013 the U.S. Congress heard testimony from NASA about the potential of the most important planet in the…

11 years ago

New Radiation Belt Found Around Earth

(Source NASA) -  Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence…

11 years ago

Unusual Mars rock has shiny metallic looking object

This picture shows a shiny polished metallic tip on what looks like an eroded rock. According to NASA this can happen when…

11 years ago

NASA proves it can re-fuel a Satellite on Orbit

NASA'S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies For many years steps have been taken to develop technology to refurbish/refuel…

11 years ago

Super-Tiger Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Data

(Source NASA) - A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an…

11 years ago

Curosity’s MAHLI First Night Imaging Under Ultraviolet Lighting

This cool looking image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first…

11 years ago

Physicists Get Closer Than Ever to finding the Higgs boson

Scientists in America have found strong hints that the rumored Higgs boson particle is real. "This is a very exciting…

12 years ago

New NASA Game Lets Players Build and Launch a Virtual Rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don't…

12 years ago

NASA’S Pleiades Supercomputer Gets A Little More Oomph

WASHINGTON -- NASA's flagship Pleiades supercomputer just received a boost to help keep pace with the intensive number-crunching requirements of…

12 years ago