Mar 30, 2010 | NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
From MSNBC NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government’s effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota’s massive recalls. NASA scientists with expertise in electronics will help the National...
Mar 30, 2010 | Photo Feature
This new composite image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star, the dust from which is flying past and engulfing a nearby family of stars. Scientists believe the stars in the image are part...
Mar 29, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Sun
Future inhabitants of Mars (those that are not already there, perhaps) are in need of a space storm monitoring system. That’s the advice of Roger Dube, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in...
Mar 29, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn continues to churn out mind-blowing imagery. Collected last month during its closest flyby yet of Saturn’s “Death Star” looking moon, Mimas, new imagery is available for your perusal. The verdict from Carolyn...