New studies of sediment layers show that widespread fire from a meteor explosion was not the trigger for abrupt climate change 12,900 years ago. Read more…
Articles in category 'Space'
The Orion Nebula is a ‘happening’ place where stars are born and this colony of hot, young stars is stirring up the cosmic scene in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The young stars dip and peak in brightness; shifting cold and hot spots on the stars’ surfaces cause brightness levels to change. In [...]
This observation from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of a large impact crater in the southern highlands, north of the giant Hellas impact basin. Most of the crater floor is dark, with abundant small ripples of wind-blown material. However, a pit in the floor of the crater has exposed light-toned, fractured rock. The [...]
What may be the best-preserved small impact crater on Earth was recently discovered in the remote Egyptian desert, scientists announced Thursday. Read more…
35 years ago Apollo and Soyuz joined together in low earth orbit showing that rivals can ease their hostilities towards one another. The same thing is happening in Washington as Congress and the White House compromise on what’s next for NASA. Read more…
American rockets have been blasting off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral for 60 years and show no sign of stopping. Read more…
By calculating where photosynthesis might be possible around the galaxy, scientists are developing a new way to figure out where Earth-like planets might be located. Read more…
A super-hot blue star hurtling through space has been shot completely out of the Milky Way, new Hubble Space Telescope photos reveal. Read more…
Children experience NASA from the inside during the annual “Take Your Children to Work Day” held each summer at NASA facilities across the country. Children get to see NASA facilities, participate in education activities and shadow their parents during the workday. They can also observe the agency’s many different careers, learning about occupations as varied [...]
A team of astronomers in Europe have discovered the most massive stars to date, with one tipping the scale at birth at more than 300 times the mass of the sun. This hefty star is also twice the mass of the currently accepted limit of 150 solar masses. Read more…