NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our Fingertips

When you look up at the Milky Way on a clear, dark night, you'll see a band of bright stars arching overhead. This is the...
Spintronic Thermoelectric Power Generators: A step towards energy efficient electronic devices

Schematic of the spintronic thermoelectric device fabricated by the University of Utah’s researchers. This device can convert even minute...
A mathematical equation that explains the behavior of nanofoams
Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets

This animation shows the prototype starshade, a giant structure designed to block the glare of stars so...
Amazon Inhales More Carbon than It Emits, NASA Finds

Old-growth Amazon tree canopy in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil. A new NASA study shows that the living trees...
NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

A new interactive mosaic from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter covers the north pole of the moon from 60...
NASA Orbiter Finds New Gully Channel on Mars

This pair of before (left) and after (right) images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera...
NASA Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

This Seasat synthetic aperture radar image from Aug. 27, 1978, shows the Massachusetts coast from Nantucket Island in the...