Press Releases
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NCCS-Hosted Simulations Enable Exploring Prospects of Detecting Volcanic Signatures on ExoEarths
2024.09.26
The NASA Center for Climate Simulation enabled University of California, Riverside, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientists to simulate large igneous province volcanic eruptions on Earth to define the atmosphere of a hypothetical Earth-like exoplanet (or exoEarth) for exploring the possibility of detecting volcanic signatures.
NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis
2024.08.05
When a robotic rover lands on another world, scientists have a limited amount of time to collect data from the troves of explorable material, because of short mission durations and the length of time to complete complex experiments. That’s why researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are investigating the use of […]
NASA Scientists on Why We Might Not Spot Solar Panel Technosignatures
2024.08.02
One of NASA’s key priorities is understanding the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. NASA has not found any credible evidence of extraterrestrial life — but NASA is exploring the solar system and beyond to help us answer fundamental questions, including whether we are alone in the universe. For those who study the potential […]
NASA: Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa
2024.07.18
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, have evidence of oceans beneath their ice crusts. A NASA experiment suggests that if these oceans support life, signatures of that life in the form of organic molecules (e.g. amino acids, nucleic acids, etc.) could survive just under the surface ice despite the harsh […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Etched into Collier Trophy, Aerospace History
2024.06.18
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been immortalized at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington as the latest awardee of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Bestowed annually by the National Aeronautic Association, the trophy recognizes groundbreaking aerospace achievements.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Earns Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award
2024.04.01
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) team received the American Astronomical Society’s Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award “for exceptional performance and extraordinary perseverance in successfully delivering a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth.”
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy
2024.03.26
NASA and the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission team have won the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Robert J. Collier Trophy. NAA awards the trophy annually for what it determines is “the greatest achievement in aerospace and astronautics in America.”
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Robert Goddard Memorial Trophy
2024.03.25
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team was selected as the winner of the National Space Club and Foundation’s 2024 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for their tremendous work on the first U.S. mission to bring an asteroid sample to Earth.
NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium
2024.03.14
Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Shines at SC23 Conference
2023.11.30
At SC23: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis in Denver, Colorado, NASA Goddard scientists and technologists presented 12 research projects in NASA’s popular research exhibit.
Bethany Theiling: Researching Oceans on Earth and Beyond
2023.11.21
Bethany Theiling is a planetary research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into Alaskan Aurora
2023.11.08
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's DISSIPATION mission.
NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, More
2023.08.09
Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyze the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As the agency innovates for the benefit of humanity, many of these programs are now downloadable and free of charge through NASA’s Software Catalog.
NASA Space Apps Announces 2023 Theme: Explore Open Science Together
2023.07.13
NASA Space Apps, in collaboration with NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS), is proud to announce the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge theme: “Explore Open Science Together.” This year’s theme celebrates the benefits and successes created through the equitable and open sharing of knowledge and data. Registration is open through Oct 8.
NASA Goddard Hosts Third Cross-Agency Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
2023.05.19
To better prepare NASA to leap into an exciting future leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and Goddard's Engineering and Technology Directorate hosted the Third SMD and ETD Workshop on A.I. and Data Science: Leaping Toward Our Future Goals, on March 21–23 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration
2023.05.15
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger.
VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard
2023.04.24
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 25, to see firsthand the agency’s climate change work. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup will join them on tour.
NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More
2023.01.31
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of new commercialized technologies that use the agency’s technology, research, and/or expertise to benefit people around the globe. It also includes a section highlighting technologies of tomorrow.
NASA Science To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting
2023.01.06
Experts will discuss new research from NASA missions at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), on topics ranging from the universe’s early galaxies to planets outside our solar system.
NASA Press Events at 2022 Fall AGU Meeting
2022.12.08
NASA researchers will be presenting findings on Earth and space sciences Dec.12-16 at the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall meeting, being held virtually and in Chicago this year.
NASA Engineer's Quantum Dot Instrument Enables Spacecraft-as-Sensor Concept
2022.08.23
A nano-scale sensor technology records precise signatures of light striking a surface.
NCCS-Enabled Simulations of Massive Ancient Volcanic Eruption Show Unexpected Climate Warming
2022.07.22
In an interdisciplinary collaboration, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center planetary and Earth scientists leveraged the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry-Climate Model (GEOSCCM) and the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) to simulate an ancient, massive volcanic eruption in the Columbia River Basalt Group region of the U.S. Pacific Northw
NASA Experiment Suggests Need to Dig Deep for Evidence of Life on Mars
2022.06.27
According to a new NASA laboratory experiment, rovers may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two meters) or more under the Martian surface to find signs of ancient life because ionizing radiation from space degrades small molecules such as amino acids relatively quickly.
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Resumes Science & Operations, Exits Safe Mode
2022.06.01
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission returned to normal science and relay operations on May 28, 2022, after recovering from an extended safe mode event. The spacecraft encountered problems in February with its Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs).
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