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On this particular evening, the dust in the Martian atmosphere was thick enough that not even moderately bright stars were visible.

Herbie Hancock once said that, “Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.” For some of our astronauts, it transcends Earth as well.

Treasures lie within the cold, dark regions of our Moon.

NASA’s heat shield technologies have been adapted to make a superior protective enclosure for practical, affordable fire safes.

Each year, expedition members search the Antarctic ice for these space rocks.

Researchers have developed a hand-held meter that gives an on-the-spot quantitative measure of the chlorophyll in a plant.

Although the star is now barely visible to the unaided eye, the celestial fireworks continue.

MoveBank is a set of online tools to help ecologists link environmental data from remote sensing instruments, NASA’s Earth-observing satellites, and weather models to information collected about animal migration.

A decade into its interstellar journey, Voyager is still returning data, yielding new insights into what this unexplored frontier is like.

Predicting exactly where, when, and how the dancing lights we call the auroras will occur on Earth, is challenging.

A stuffed Snoopy doll will be the Zero G indicator for the upcoming Artemis I mission.

Research funding allows the FAA and strategic partners to conduct studies about how land is used around airports, or the effect of lighting on wildlife.

Including artistic extras on NASA spacecraft, known as festooning, dates back to early space ventures.

Summer has just begun, so how can it be Midsummer Day already?

Expendable and biodegradable – these high-tech paper planes may just be the future of drone delivery.

Unexplored regions beneath Mars’ surface may harbor secrets about the planet’s past.

Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft, and JWST just proved its mirrors could take the hit!

June 21st marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere this year.

As technologies become increasingly miniaturized, CubeSats could carry instruments to explore other worlds or communicate more efficiently.

Amorphous metals are strong, elastic, and don’t need lubrication. But they have another property that makes them attractive for Earth robots.