First NASA Parker Solar Probe Results Reveal Surprising Details of Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe observed a slow solar wind flowing out from the small coronal hole – the long, thin...
New maps of salinity reveal the impact of climate variability on oceans

Global sea-surface salinity 2012 and 2017
Astronomers Propose a Novel Method of Finding Atmospheres on Rocky Worlds

This artist’s impression shows a rocky exoplanet with a wispy, cloudy atmosphere orbiting a...
Hubble Detects Dynamic Galactic Duo

Hubble Detects Dynamic Galactic Duo
Space is key to monitoring ocean acidification

SMOS in orbit.
NASA, French Space Laser Measures Massive Migration of Ocean Animals

Researchers used the space-based CALIPSO lidar to measure the planet’s largest animal migration, which takes place when small sea...
NASA Embarks on Five U.S. Expeditions Targeting Air, Land and Sea

Five new NASA field research campaigns investigating a number of phenomena across the United States get underway this year....
Giant magnetic ropes in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy

The spiral galaxy NGC 4631 is seen edge-on, with its disk of stars shown in pink. The observed magnetic field pattern is...