Goddard Space Flight Center

These computer Images represent infrared snapshots of Kuiper Belt dust as seen by a distant observer (Image: NASA/Goddard/Marc Kuchner and Christopher Stark)

Space

Astronomers create 700 million year old view of our Solar System

For the first time researchers have simulated images of sections of our Solar System as they may have appeared some 700 million years ago.

NASA's DASS next-gen search and rescue system will pinpoint those in distress faster

Aircraft

NASA homes in on next-gen satellite-aided search and rescue technology

NASA’s new DASS satellite-aided search and rescue technology will more quickly identify the locations of people in distress and reduce the risk to rescuers.

This is an artist's concept of a quasar (bright area with rays) embedded in the center of a galaxy. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle - SSC)

Telecommunications

GPS satellites tell us where we are, but what tells them where they are?

GPS devices have permeated society to the point where millions of us rely on them daily for directions, locations and traffic avoidance. But have you ever thought what tells the GPS satellites where they are in the first place?

An artist's concept of the heliosphere, a magnetic bubble that partially protects the solar system from cosmic rays - represented by the long, white arrows (Image: Richard Mewaldt/Caltech)

Space

Cosmic rays hit Space-Age high

NASA has a warning for everyone planning a trip to Mars in the near future – pack extra radiation protection. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high.

Space

Astronomers like what they see from rejuvenated NASA Hubble Space Telescope

New images from the rejuvenated, more powerful NASA Hubble Space Telescope have universally delighted astronomers. Last week, observations from four of its six operating science instruments were released by NASA. They include colorful, multi-wavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely-pack

The craft, modelled on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Odyssey, will arrive at Mars in September 2014, where it will have one (Earth) year to carry out its investigations. Image via NASA

Science

MAVEN: NASA's post-Phoenix Mars probe

The US$485 million Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN program is the second stage of NASA’s Mars Scout program, following the successful Phoenix mission. NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to design, build and operate the vessel, which is scheduled to launch in 2013.

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) payload is launched near NSF's McMurdo Station, Antarctica.Photo: NASA

Science

Antarctic record for scientific balloons

A record three long-duration, sub-orbital flights were launched and operated in Antarctica during this current Southern-Hemisphere summer, marking a new milestone for the almost 20-years of scientific ballooning in the region.