Saturday, March 2, 2013 | 8:40 am
Losing him brought out my deepest fears, my need to protect myself from my pain. But it also brought about this need in me to love harder, to trust more fully, to enjoy and appreciate rightly, to grow. I don’t think I’d change anything about my experienc... More »
Thursday, February 28, 2013 | 5:35 pm
This artist concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech – See more at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2... More »
Thursday, February 28, 2013 | 2:35 pm
A video camera on a NASA-designed-and-funded mini-submarine captured this view as it descended a 2,600-foot-deep (800-meter-deep) borehole to explore Antarctica’s subglacial Lake Whillans. The international Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilli... More »
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | 3:05 pm
NASA has released the first full year of validated ocean surface salinity data from the agency’s Aquarius instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft. The data cover the period from Dec. 2011 through Dec. 2012. Red colors represent areas of high salinity, ... More »
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | 11:05 am
Black Holes: Monsters in Space This artist’s concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black holes are enormously dense objects buried at the hearts of galaxies. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Calte... More »
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | 5:35 pm
Artist’s concept of the Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) CubeSat project. The dual INSPIRE CubeSats, the world’s first CubeSats to launched beyond Earth orbit, will demonstrate functionality, communication, navigation ... More »
Monday, February 25, 2013 | 4:05 pm
The left Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity took this image of Curiosity’s sample-processing and delivery tool just after the tool delivered a portion of powdered rock into the rover’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument. This Collection... More »
Monday, February 25, 2013 | 10:05 am
Artist’s concept of NuSTAR in orbit. NuSTAR has a 33-foot (10-meter) mast that deploys after launch to separate the optics modules (right) from the detectors in the focal plane (left). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a news teleconference at 10 a... More »
Friday, February 22, 2013 | 7:03 am
Ever wondered where the name Nickelodeon came from? What about the phrase “in the lime light†or silver screen? Galen Wilkes, a historical entertainer who specializes in silent films, detailed those factoids and more in his presentation of the movie-going ... More »
Thursday, February 21, 2013 | 5:35 pm
The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE (Artist impression ) Image credit: ESA/AOES NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moon... More »
Thursday, February 21, 2013 | 1:35 pm
Ninth-grade, high-school students from Peoria, AZ analyze images of Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU A NASA project that allows students to use a camera on a spacecraft orbiting Mars for research has received a new education prize from the journal Scie... More »
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | 2:05 pm
First Curiosity Drilling Sample in the Scoop This image from NASA’s Curiosity rover shows the first sample of powdered rock extracted by the rover’s drill. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS JPL’s Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it ha... More »