Three engineers from the European Space Agency wearing blue hoods are investigating the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) that recently arrived at NASA Goddard. The MIRI sees light in the mid-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Credit: NASA Members... More »
The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern hemisphere during winter evenings. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows the ... More »
The Curiosity rover and its sky crane separate from the back which helped protect both during entry in the Martian atmosphere. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech One month and a day after celebrating its independence with fireworks exhibitions throughout the count... More »
Long Cai’s new imaging technique (d.) can zoom in on and identify genetic information within a single cell. [Credit: Long Cai/Caltech] Last fall, assistant professor of chemistry Long Cai received a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (N... More »
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has taken its first snapshots of the highest-energy X-rays in the cosmos (lower right), producing images that are much crisper than previous high-energy telescopes (example in upper right). [Credit: NASA... More »
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has taken its first snapshots of the highest energy X-rays in the cosmos, the same kind used by doctors to take pictures of your bones. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NuSTAR Mission Status Report NASA’s ... More »
By studying the way Saturn’s moon Titan squeezes and stretches as it orbits the ringed planet, researchers using data from NASA’s Cassini orbiter have determined that a layer of liquid water likely exists beneath the moon’s frozen exterior. This artist’s conce... More »
This artist’s concept shows a possible scenario for the internal structure of Titan, as suggested by data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Scientists have been trying to determine what is under Titan’s organic-rich atmosphere and icy crust. Image credit: A. Tav... More »
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars’ south pole in this artist’s concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. Image credit: NASA/JPL Mission Status Report NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed its science o... More »
John Eiler, Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and professor of geochemistry at Caltech, has been awarded the 2012 Arthur L. Day Medal by the Geological Society of America (GSA). Arthur Louis Day established the award in 1948 for “outstanding distinction in ... More »
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have been able, for the first time, to watch viruses infecting individual bacteria by transferring their DNA, and to measure the rate at which that transfer occurs. Shedding light on the early sta... More »
This artist’s 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 Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report A maneuver on ... More »
