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Solar storms may have far worse effects on our technology than previously thought.

Dry thunderstorms popped up over the Cascades on the evening of July 15th, peppering Oregon and Washington with thousands of lightning strikes.

The EPIC team is using a quadrotor drone to test flexible sensors that could be securely attached to parachute material.

NASA is hoping to give wings to mixed reality simulators as a safer, cost-effective training tool for future Earth aviators as well as pilots on space missions.

When integrated into the new Lunar Terrain Vehicle, AIRES and L-MAPS will help support human exploration on the Moon.

Magellan was the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle, and the first spacecraft to provide direct evidence of volcanic action on Venus.

On the Moon or Mars, a machine that drops a weight at high speeds could effectively locate underground sanctuaries for planetary explorers.

NASA is looking at ways to manufacture the nutrients astronauts will need for long-duration space missions.

The lunar surface is constantly interacting with the Sun.

Far beyond the reach of our solar system lies a dim red dwarf star, Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our own Sun.

Operating robots in deep space or the deep sea presents the same challenge: communication delays that require machines to think for themselves.

A device built to save seedlings in space became a global standard for clean air and fresh food.

NASA has selected SpaceX to help advance communications for next year's Artemis III mission.

A camera built to record a spacecraft's splashdown has become a widely adopted tool in automotive safety testing.

Artemis III will set the stage to land astronauts on the Moon again.

Summer isn't over in the Northern Hemisphere. There may still be sweltering days ahead.

Some of the most exciting discoveries in the universe are often in some of the hardest places to reach.

This NASA solution for sliding aircraft became a global standard for highway and pedestrian safety.

Scientists have confirmed there's frozen water on Mars. But there is a challenge. Martian water is full of toxic chemicals.

The temperature is scorching and you're stuck in traffic with an air conditioner that's blowing warm air.

Before a new aircraft can take its first flight, its design must be proven.

In preparing to visit the Moon's surface, soon-to-be lunar explorers in NASA's Apollo program first tackled a variety of unfamiliar landscapes on Earth.

In celebration of X-59's recent supersonic flights, NASA's Quesst mission released images of this unique aircraft in action for use on your electronic devices.

Appearing as a green speck on the Martian surface, NASA's Perseverance rover was spotted by the HiRise camera, just before it marked its marathon milestone.

It's summertime. Look up and you might catch a meteor streaking across the sky.

Flight testing is a team sport.

Throughout the 2026 World Cup, state and local organizations have used NASA air quality data to provide a clear picture of the air that players and fans are breathing.

Through the commercialization of life-preserving technologies, NASA remains at the heart of health solutions.

During hurricane season, NASA delivers storm data from satellites, timely flood maps, power outage insights, landslide risk assessments, and more to many state and federal partners, including NOAA.

NASA is working with the Smithsonian Institution, monitoring vegetation changes to aid in earlier eruption warnings.

Dust plays a role in making new molecules of interstellar space.

ERNEST trundled its way across the Colorado Desert in California to see if it has what it takes to rove on the Moon.

With a continuous human presence on the International Space Station, at least one American since 2001 has spent the Fourth of July in orbit.

Using new spinoff batteries, robots may one day map as much of the ocean as NASA has mapped of the Moon.

Each month NASA releases the most recent figures on near-Earth object close approaches and other facts about comets or asteroids that could pose a threat.

Some of the tasks astronauts complete on the International Space Station are routine inspections.

Where the Sun shines at a low angle at the lunar South Pole, high contrasts between lit and shadowed areas are created.

Using the infrared cameras on the Webb Space Telescope, scientists have peered through the yellowish, smoggy haze that shrouds Titan.

Mount Tambora ejected so much ash and so many aerosols into the atmosphere that the sky darkened and the Sun was blocked from view.

As we mark Midsummer Day, many farmers are using NASA Earth science data to help monitor their fields at this critical halfway point.

Understanding the relationship between an object's center of mass and its geometric center is key to predicting its movement.

Earth's unique tilt on its axis gives us our changing seasons.