New observations by MESSENGER provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors water ice and other frozen volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.
The Sun blows a robust prominence out into space on December 10, 2012
The giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is 522,000 light-years across from the tip of one outstretched arm to the tip of the other, making it about 5 times the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
Snow-covered deserts are rare, but that’s exactly what the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite observed as it passed over the Taklimakan Desert in western China.
19 MAY 2013 Sunday Experiment Activities for the family showcasing Goddard's science and engineering research and technological developments.
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Model Rocket Launches
Like to build model rockets, but don't have a launch pad? Now you do!
Come to Goddard — no fees to participate!
NASA Space Weather Media Viewer
NASA Earth As Art
