November's Night Sky Notes: Snowballs from Space - NASA Science

Find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy events with November's Night Sky Notes!

What's Up: November 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA Science

Planets visible in November: Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.

I am Artemis: Lane Polak - NASA

One way Polak has made his mark with the agency is through a series of children’s books designed to inspire the youngest members of the Artemis Generation.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission - NASA

After spending 235 days in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a

NASA's Hubble, Webb Probe Surprisingly Smooth Disk Around Vega - NASA Science

In the 1997 movie “Contact,” adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega.

Contract Specialist Miranda Meyer - NASA

“Discipline is one of the things that they instill within you All the way starting in boot camp, is doing the right thing when no one is looking. Integrity.

NASA Offers Virtual Activities for 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission - NASA

NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply services mission for the agency. NASA

Sols 4350-4351: A Whole Team Effort - NASA Science

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 Just like you and me, the Curiosity rover has a few idiosyncratic tendencies — special ways that the rover behaves that we, the team on Earth, have come to understand to be harmless but still throw a curv…

International SWOT Satellite Spots Planet-Rumbling Greenland Tsunami - NASA

Data from space shows water tilting up toward the north side of the Dickson Fjord as it sloshed from south to north and back every 90 seconds for nine days

Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations - NASA

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We Are All Made of Cells: Space and the Immune System - NASA

Malcolm O’Malley and his mom sat nervously in the doctor’s office awaiting the results of his bloodwork. This was no ordinary check-up. In fact, this

Witch Nebula Casts Starry Spell - NASA

This 2013 image taken by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captures a nebula that looks like a witch screaming. Perhaps that imagined

Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards - NASA

Fall 2024 Artemis I Moon Tree StewardsDistribution is underway through November 2024. This list will be updated once distribution is complete. Previously

Halloween on the International Space Station - NASA

Although no ghouls or goblins or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting facility

Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever - NASA

The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color.

‘Blood-Soaked’ Eyes: NASA’s Webb, Hubble Examine Galaxy Pair - NASA Science

Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly “stare” of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic darkness.

Sols 4348-4349: Smoke on the Water - NASA Science

Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 Before the science team starts planning, we first look at the latest Navcam image downlinked from Curiosity to see where the rover is located.

Hello Earth? Space Calling - NASA

How it started versus how it’s going for astronaut Nick Hague with ISS Ham Radio on the space station.

The Marshall Star for October 30, 2024 - NASA

Editor’s Note: Starting Nov. 4, the Office of Communications at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will no longer publish the Marshall Star on nasa.gov.

Buckle Up: NASA-Funded Study Explores Turbulence in Molecular Clouds - NASA Science

On an airplane, motions of the air on both small and large scales contribute to turbulence, which may result in a bumpy flight. Turbulence on a much larger scale is important to how stars form in giant molecular clouds that permeate the Milky Way.

NASA to Launch Innovative Solar Coronagraph to Space Station - NASA Science

NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution.

A Small Business Success Story: Mentor-Protégé Agreements Drive Growth in Aerospace Sector - NASA

In the ever-evolving aerospace industry, collaboration and mentorship are vital for fostering innovation and growth. Recent achievements highlight the

60 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Takes Flight - NASA

NASA pilot Joe Walker sits in the pilot’s platform of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1 on Oct. 30, 1964. The LLRV and its successor

NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse - NASA

The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky.

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 31st Station Resupply Launch, Arrival - NASA

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the

NASA Brings Drone and Space Rover to Air Show - NASA

In September, the three NASA centers in California came together to share aerospace innovations with thousands of guests at the Miramar Air Show in San Diego,

La NASA lleva un dron y un rover espacial a un espectáculo aéreo - NASA

En septiembre, los tres centros de la NASA en California se reunieron para compartir innovaciones aeroespaciales con miles de asistentes en el Espectáculo

NASA, NOAA Rank 2024 Ozone Hole as 7th-Smallest Since Recovery Began - NASA

Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024

60 Years Ago: The First Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle - NASA

President John F. Kennedy’s national commitment to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade posed multiple

A Spooky Soliday: Haunting Whispers from the Martian Landscape - NASA Science

The Perseverance rover lurks in the quiet, cold, desolate landscape of Jezero crater on Mars, a place masked in shadows and haunted by past mysteries.

NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024 - NASA

As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for space travel, enable

NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station Relocation - NASA

In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will

Ken Iliff: Engineering 40 Years of Success - NASA

Editor’s note: This article was published May 23, 2003, in NASA Armstrong’s X-Press newsletter. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,

A Particular Lenticular Cloud - NASA

Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager acquired this image of an elongated lenticular cloud, locally nicknamed the “Taieri Pet,” above New Zealand’s South Island

Station Science Top News: Oct. 25, 2024 - NASA

Better Monitoring of the Air Astronauts Breathe

Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals - NASA

Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She

NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station Relocation - NASA

In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will

Team II Test Page - NASA

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets - NASA

There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers.

NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming - NASA

Earth’s far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape in change.