NASA : Science World Report

Dec 27, 2013 07:17 AM EST

NASA Cassini Spacecraft Spots Saturn, Titan and Enceladus This Holiday Season

This holiday season, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured some spectacular images of Saturn and two of its most fascinating moons, Titan and Enceladus.

Dec 18, 2013 08:34 AM EST

NASA Captures Sun's Stunning Light Show for the Holidays

NASA has captured an absolutely stunning light show just in time for the holidays. A new NASA movie of the sun based on data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) reveals the wide range of wavelengths, light invisible to the naked eye, the telescope can view.

Dec 18, 2013 06:47 AM EST

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Spectacular Images of Pulsating Star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a series of new and spectacular images. It's caught the variable star RS Puppis over a period of five weeks, showing the star growing brighter and dimmer as it pulsates.

Dec 13, 2013 09:24 AM EST

Mars Rover Curiosity Dates Rocks on Red Planet

Determining the age of rocks is an important part of finding out more about a planet. That's why researchers have determined ages of rocks from planetary bodies in the past. Yet these experiments have always been conducted on Earth. Now, researchers have successfully determined the age of a Martian ...

Dec 12, 2013 01:03 PM EST

NASA Hubble Telescope Discovers Water Plumes Over Icy Europa

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made some surprising discoveries when it comes to Jupiter's moon, Europa. It's spotted water vapor above the moon's frigid south polar region, providing the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off the moon's surface.

Dec 12, 2013 09:44 AM EST

NASA Sheds Light Inside of the Ozone Hole Over Antarctica

It turns out that the ozone hole may not be completely healed--at least according to new NASA data. Scientists have examined the inner workings of the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica and have found that declining chlorine in the stratosphere has not yet caused a recovery of the ozone ...

Dec 09, 2013 02:04 PM EST

Curiosity Rover Reveals Ancient Freshwater Lake on Mars May Have Supported Life

There may have once been an ancient lake on Mars. Not only that, but this lake may have once been able to support life. Data from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover mission has revealed the new features and has opened up the possibility that Martians may have once existed.

Dec 09, 2013 12:24 PM EST

NASA IRIS Captures New, Stunning Images of a Violent Sun

NASA has captured some new and stunning images of the Sun. The new pictures reveal a bit more about our nearest star, showing that the location between the surface of the sun and its atmosphere is far more violent than previously thought.

Sep 20, 2013 03:37 PM EDT

End of Life for Adventurous Deep Space Comet Hunter Mission

After almost 9 years in space that included an unprecedented July 4th impact and subsequent flyby of a comet, an additional comet flyby, and the return of approximately 500,000 images of celestial objects, NASA's Deep Impact mission has ended.

Sep 12, 2013 07:31 AM EDT

NASA's Satellite Duo Analyze the Humberto Hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean

Two of NASA's satellites named Aqua and TRMM gathered details about the first hurricane Humberto of the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane season.

Sep 01, 2013 11:44 PM EDT

NASA's NuSTAR Delivers First X-Ray Data

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is giving the wider astronomical community a first look at its unique X-ray images of the cosmos.

Jul 24, 2013 05:49 PM EDT

Mars Orbiter Takes Picture of Curiosity Rover

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity appears as a bluish dot near the lower right corner of this enhanced-color view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.