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NASA successfully tests hypersonic inflatable heat shield

A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph.

Jul 23rd, 2012

The Sun has a great idea

A light bulb-shaped eruption leaps from the Sun and blasts into space in this archival image from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO.

Jul 23rd, 2012

NASA telescope captures sharpest images of sun's corona

A telescope launched July 11 aboard a NASA sounding rocket has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun's million-degree atmosphere called the corona. The clarity of the images can help scientists better understand the behavior of the solar atmosphere and its impacts on Earth's space environment.

Jul 20th, 2012

'Seeds' of massive black holes found at the center of the Milky Way

A research team observed emission lines at wavelengths of 0.87 mm, emitted from carbon monoxide molecules in an area of several degrees that includes the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Jul 20th, 2012

River networks on Titan point to a puzzling geologic history

Findings suggest the surface of Saturn?s largest moon may have undergone a recent transformation.

Jul 20th, 2012

Colorful science sheds light on solar heating

Heliophysics nuggets are a collection of early science results, new research techniques, and instrument updates that further our attempt to understand the sun and the dynamic space weather system that surrounds Earth.

Jul 20th, 2012

A wrinkle in space-time

Mathematicians at UC Davis have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time -- at least in theory.

Jul 19th, 2012

Scientists discover exoplanet neighbor smaller than Earth

The University of Central Florida has detected what could be its first planet, only two-thirds the size of Earth and located right around the corner, cosmically speaking, at a mere 33light- years away.

Jul 18th, 2012

A magnification of two million

Telescope network zooms in on the heart of a distant quasar.

Jul 18th, 2012

The electric atmosphere: Plasma is next NASA science target

A new NASA mission called the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), due to launch in August 2012, will improve our understanding of what makes plasma move in and out of these electrified belts wrapped around our planet.

Jul 18th, 2012

Students to design, build experiment to fly on space station

NASA has selected a team of students from Purdue and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State universities to design and build an experiment to be operated on the International Space Station.

Jul 11th, 2012

An extraterrestrial collision of international importance

An 18-member international team of researchers has found exciting new evidence that supports the theory of an extraterrestrial impact that occurred nearly 13 000 years ago. Their evidence lies in material found in a thin layer of sedimentary rock in Pennsylvania and South Carolina in the United States and in Syria.

Jul 11th, 2012