Inclined Orbit to Improve Space Telescope Sensitivity
Dust and light from the zodiacal cloud in our solar system interferes with infrared, optical and ultraviolet observations. By placing a space telescope on an…
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center News
Thermonuclear Behavior of Neutron Star Bridges Gap Between Theory and Observation
Over the period of roughly one month, NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observed some 400 thermonuclear explosions on the surface of the neutron star…
Amino Acids Found in Meteorites that Experienced High Temperatures
While analyzing samples from carbon-rich meteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures, scientists found amino acids, which gives support to the theory…
NASA Continues to Monitor Solar Flares
As NASA continues to give updates on the solar flares this week, they also put together a nice summary of space weather and the effects…
HFAs and Their Effect on Venus
Scientists are studying hot flow anomalies, HFAs, and their effect on the planet Venus. Unlike Earth, Venus is without a magnetic field and although the…
NASA Study Reveals Multi-Year Ice Declining Faster than Perennial Ice that Surrounds It
Research complied from NASA’s Nimbus-7 satellite and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program by senior research scientist Josefino Comiso shows how multi-year…
Ultra-Fast Outflows are Common Features of Black-Hole-Powered Galaxies
Researchers targeted 42 nearby active galaxies and used data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellite to show…
NuSTAR’s 9,000 Mirrors are Only 200 Microns Thick
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has a total of 9,000 individual mirror segments that are only 200 microns thick and will be the first…
NASA LRO Spacecraft Reveals Geological Activity on the Moon’s Surface
Researchers recently examined the new high-resolution images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and found that “recent” geologic activity has occurred on the moon….
NASA Releases Companion Image to ‘Blue Marble’
Due to public demand, NASA released a new companion image to “Blue Marble” released just a short time ago. Compiled by a NASA Goddard scientist,…
IBEX Measures Particles Outside Our Solar System
NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) studies the outer boundaries of the solar system and measures samples of particles from where the solar wind collides with…
NASA’s THEMIS Satellite Records Effect of Geomagnetic Storms on Radiation Belts
Scientists are studying the Van Allen Radiation belts to gain a better understanding about the radiation encircling the Earth. It was once feared that these…
Goddard’s Space Weather Laboratory to Use ‘Ensemble Forecasting’
Just in time for the peak in solar activity, Goddard’s Space Weather Laboratory will be fully functional in the next twenty months and will allow…
Scientists Believe Water Ice May Exist on the Giant Asteroid Vesta
Due to extreme cold and little sunlight near the north and south poles, scientists believe the giant asteroid Vesta could contain water ice that has…
Solar Flare Causes Powerful Solar Radiation Storm
The most powerful solar radiation storm since 2005 was caused by a solar energetic particle event concurrent with an M8.7 class flare and a coronal…
NASA’s GISS Releases Data Showing 2011 was Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
2011 proved to be another warm year for the average global temperature. NASA scientists stated that 2011 was the ninth warmest year since 1880 and…
