Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 16, 2018 By: Monica Edwards and Laurie Abadie, NASA Human Research Strategic Communications Mark and Scott Kelly are still identical twins; Scott’s DNA did not fundamentally change. What researchers did observe are changes in gene expression, which is how your body reacts to your environment. This likely is within[Read More…]
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NASA Juno Findings – Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly (Video)
Washington—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 By: DC Agle, Dwayne Brown, and Laurie Cantillo Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth. The findings will improve understanding of[Read More…]
Public Invited to Come Aboard NASA’s First Mission to Touch the Sun (Video)
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe named in honor of Eugene Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Washington—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2018 By: Dwayne Brown and Karen Fox Want to get the hottest ticket this summer without standing in line? NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online[Read More…]
NASA’s SDO Reveals How Magnetic Cage on the Sun Stopped Solar Eruption
Greenbelt, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2018 By: Lina Tran A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun’s surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research using NASA data shows. The work highlights the role of the Sun’s magnetic landscape, or topology, in the development of solar eruptions that can trigger[Read More…]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to Reveal Secrets of the Red Planet (Videos)
Baltimore, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2018 By: Christine Pulliam The planet Mars has fascinated scientists for over a century. Today, it is a frigid desert world with a carbon dioxide atmosphere 100 times thinner than Earth’s. But evidence suggests that in the early history of our solar system, Mars had an ocean’s[Read More…]
NASA Seeks the Gold in Winter Olympics Snow (Video)
Greenbelt, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2018 By: Kasha Patel NASA engineer Manuel Vega can see one of the Olympic ski jump towers from the rooftop of the South Korean weather office where he is stationed. Vega is not watching skiers take flight, preparing for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympic games. Instead,[Read More…]
New NASA Space Sensors to Address Key Earth Science Questions
Washington—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2018 By: Steve Cole Why is the Arctic warming faster than the rest of the planet? Does mineral dust warm or cool the atmosphere? NASA has selected two new, creative research proposals to develop small, space-based instruments that will tackle these fundamental questions about our home planet and[Read More…]
New Clues to TRAPPIST-1 Planet Compositions, Atmospheres (Video)
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—February 5, 2018 By: Elizabeth Landau In the year since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists have been working hard to better understand these enticing worlds just 40 light-years away. Thanks to data from a combination of space- and ground-based telescopes, we know more about[Read More…]
NASA’s Newly Rediscovered IMAGE Mission Provided Key Aurora Research
Greenbelt, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2018 By: Miles Hatfield On Jan. 20, 2018, amateur astronomer Scott Tilley detected an unexpected signal coming from what he later postulated was NASA’s long-lost IMAGE satellite, which had not been in contact since 2005. On Jan. 30, NASA — along with help from a community of[Read More…]
Mount Sharp ‘Photobombs’ Mars Curiosity Rover (Video)
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—February 1, 2018 By: Andrew Good A new self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several months. Directly behind the rover is the start of a clay-rich slope scientists are eager to begin exploring. In coming[Read More…]
