NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Newly Discovered Comet NEOWISE

An unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument on board...
Conditions Ripe for Active Amazon Fire, Atlantic Hurrican Seasons

On August 11, 2019, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images of several fires...
Scientists Dive Deep Into Hidden World of Quantum States

Right: Animation of a Van Hove singularity (VHS) shown approximately 1 nanometer below the surface of an...
VERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus

An artist's concept of active volcanos on Venus, depicting a subduction zone where the foreground crust...
Comet NEOWISE Sizzles as It Slides by the Sun, Providing a Treat for Observers

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared...
Keeping a Steady Eye on Sea Level Change From Space

Coastal areas around the world - such as the Zambezi River Delta shown in a Landsat 8 satellite image - are...
Shock waves from stellar explosions take preferential direction

Shock waves from stellar explosions take preferential direction
Portable system boosts laser precision, at room temperature

An MIT-designed miniature “squeezer” reduces quantum noise in lasers at room temperature. The...