Will we know life when we see it? The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, could get the first glimpses: the mix of gases in the atmospheres of Earth-sized exoplanets. Webb, or a similar ...

NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied research, Research Opportunities in ...

The Europa Clipper team deploys a 28-foot (8.5-meter) boom that will support the spacecraft's magnetometer sensors. To fit aboard the rocket, the boom will be stowed in a canister. It will deploy to ...

Hubble’s Messier Catalog Hubble has captured images of many objects in the Messier catalog that you can view yourself with a backyard telescope.

May - Cool as Ice Every winter, a layer of carbon dioxide frost (dry ice) forms on the surface of Mars. At its greatest extent in midwinter, this frost reaches from the poles down to the middle ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

The solar wind starts its journey at the Sun. It emanates from features on the Sun such as dark and cool regions called coronal holes and active regions, which are characterized by strong magnetic ...

Titan's dense atmosphere shrouds the moon beneath a tan haze in this image. Dione, another one of Saturn's many moons, can be seen through the Titan haze in this view of the two posing before the ...

Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Our weekend drive placed Curiosity exactly where we had hoped: on ...

Below you will find examples of programs and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, internships for high school and college students, post-doctoral fellowships, special programs for ...

Open Principles The principles of open science are to make publicly funded scientific research transparent, available, and reproducible. Advances in technology, including collaborative tools and cloud ...