Science

NASA Satellite Data Show Air Pollution Decreases over Southwest U.S. Cities

On March 19, California was one of the first states to set mandatory stay-at-home restrictions in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. Arizona and Nevada followed suit around April 1. The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on board NASA's Aura...

Delta Scuti stars reveal some of their secrets

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The Delta Scuti-star beta Pictoris.

New Comet Discovered by ESA and NASA Solar Observatory

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New Comet Discovered by ESA...

NASA’s TESS Enables Breakthrough Study of Perplexing Stellar Pulsations

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Sound waves bouncing around inside a star cause it to expand and contract, which results in detectable brightness...

Aeolus goes public

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Understanding Earth’s winds

SOFIA Finds Clues Hidden in Pluto’s Haze

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Still image from an animation illustrating Pluto passing in front of a star during an...

A bent bridge between two galaxy clusters

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Bridge between galaxy...

NASA Airborne Science Interns Gathering Data at Home

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SARP intern Gabriela Vidad, a physics major from Adelphi University in New York, takes an air sample near her home.