NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program and aeronautics and space research.
It was established in 1958. NASA’s Headquarters is in Washington, D.C.
Since its establishment, most U.S. space exploration efforts have been led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle.
Mars interior revealed for the first time
The results point to a cool, more sluggish early mantle.
The surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa is disturbed by the process called ‘impact gardening’
The process has churned, on average, the top 30 cm over the last several tens of millions of years.
Upper atmosphere of Earth is cooling and contracting due to climate change
The sky isn’t falling.
Mars-methane mystery: Is there methane on Mars?
Scientists are closer to explaining the Mars-methane mystery.
Black holes may generate tsunami-like structures on much bigger scales
These waves can steepen into spiraling vortex structures that can reach a height of 10 light-years above the disk.
Hubble captured an unbarred spiral galaxy in fantastic detail
It is about 130,000 light-years across.
NASA scientists are using new weather prediction methods to see storms ahead of time
Predicting hurricane intensity.
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time
A step towards learning more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar system.