Science News
Modern Marsquakes
Feb. 21, 2012
By identifying boulders that have fallen from martian cliffs, scientists have found evidence of relatively recent quakes on the surface of Mars.
LRO Reveals Recent Lunar Geological Activity
Feb. 20, 2012
Small valleys in the lunar crust appear to be 50 million years old -- young, from a geological perspective.
A Black Hole and a Cannibal Galaxy
Feb. 20, 2012
This edge-on galaxy, called ESO 243-49, is home to a mid-sized black hole that may have been stripped off of a cannibalized dwarf galaxy.
EXCEDE the Search for Planets
Feb. 17, 2012
Astronomers are developing new technology for a space telescope that would sit high above the Earth's surface and observe how planets around other stars form and evolve.
Cold and Spellbinding: An Alignment of Planets in the Sunset Sky
Feb. 17, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
The brightest planets in the night sky are aligning for a must-see show in late February and March 2012. Start looking tonight!
'Honeycombs' and Hexacopters Help Tell Story of Mars
Feb. 16, 2012
Formations in the Channeled Scablands help scientists understand the forces that shape planets. NASA interns are applying those lessons to Mars.
Europe Hammered by Winter, Is North America Next?
Feb. 16, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
After a slow start to winter around much of the Northern Hemisphere, Europe has plunged into a deep freeze. In today's story from Science@NASA, JPL climatologist Bill Patzert describes how and why Mother Nature has done an about face.
Rhea Before Titan
Feb. 15, 2012
Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of the much larger moon Titan in this Cassini spacecraft view of these two Saturn moons.
NASA Releases Latest 'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth
Feb. 14, 2012
A 'Blue Marble' HD image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite.
JPL and Caltech CubeSat Proposals Move Forward
Feb. 14, 2012
NASA has selected 33 small satellites - including two Cubesats - to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014.