Science

In this image from Jan. 9, 2022, NASA astronaut Kayla Barron peered out from a window inside the International Space Station's cupola.

Much like the sky, rivers are rarely painted one color.

Dr. Eugene Parker (seated), a pioneer in heliophysics, watches the liftoff of the mission named in his honor.

The Earth's solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, this year's winter solstice happens on Dec. 21.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, launched aboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021.

This image shows the James Webb Space Telescope atop its launch vehicle, but before it was encapsulated in the rocket fairing.

This image, captured by the Landsat-8 satellite, shows the view over Western Australia on May 12, 2013.

The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy...

On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204).

Dr. Christian Braneon, a climate scientist at NASA GISS, presents data visualizations and the state of current satellite missions...

Mathematician Daniel G. Nichols, who worked in the Real-Time Program Development Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, is...

Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown at NASA’s Glenn Research Center leads a study of solar cells made from a material called perovskite.

Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990) was a mathematician and computer programmer in NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division.

In this image, Glover celebrated his birthday during his stay on the station.

This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red...