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On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet: Venus.…
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 32…
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.…
A trio of NASA space telescopes teamed up to capture a gorgeous new look at the glowing spiral galaxy NGC 4258 and its two anomalous extra arms.…
Scientists created smart nanoparticles that can both illuminate hidden glioblastoma cells during surgery and destroy microscopic cancer left behind afterward. I…
Every so often, "Star Trek" likes to put its brave interstellar adventurers through hell. You know the drill — a bunch of one-off crew members will probably be …
Ultra-processed foods make up a huge share of the American diet, and new research suggests they may carry another serious health risk for men. In a nationally r…
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launched the sharp-eyed MTG-I2 weather satellite to orbit today (Aug. 27).…
Scientists have found a surprising way to potentially switch on an unusual form of magnetism in ruthenium dioxide, a material that normally appears nonmagnetic.…
Tonight's deep partial lunar eclipse will be the most impressive lunar eclipse until New Year's Eve 2028, so make sure you catch it if you can!…
NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other spacecraft and debris as landmarks in orbit. In just three d…
Bei manchen Mobilgeräten und Browsern funktioniert die Sprachausgabe nicht korrekt, sodass wir Ihnen diese Funktion leider nicht anbieten können.…
A magnetar with an astonishingly powerful magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago. Its light shows …
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) The Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) participated in a multi-lab effort and a field evaluation of the integratio…
Researchers discovered a brain-based “brake” that can shut down chronic nerve pain in mice by calming an overactive pain circuit. Targeting this system more pre…
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration 1 (ATD1) Crowded Skies At any given moment, up to 5,000 aircraft crowd U.S. skies. In 2010, the National Airspac…
This problem set from Space Math at NASA features 19 math problems covering solar topics and stormy star behavior, ideal for integrating space weather into math…
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This problem set from Space Math at NASA provides 12 math exercises for estimating space weather storm frequencies and severities using historical data. For stu…
This problem set from Space Math at NASA features 19 math tasks evaluating radiation exposure and shielding to teach core physics and aerospace concepts. Design…
This problem set from Space Math at NASA includes a total of 31 mathematics problems that deal with our Moon. Designed for students K-12+, many of the problems …
This problem set from Space Math at NASA provides 17 math exercises exploring the shapes, geometry, and scale of magnetic fields. For students grades K-12+, the…