MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — The world’s largest airborne observatory will be briefly visiting NASA Ames Research Center and news media are invited for a tour. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ...

A University of Colorado at Boulder faculty member is one of two scientists who will use data gathered by a world-class telescope flying aboard a modified Boeing 747 to peer at a distant star-forming ...

Universities Space Research Association has secured a potential 18-year, $514 million hybrid contract from NASA to provide science and mission operations support for the space agency’s airborne ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- When state water officials measure the Sierra snowpack on Tuesday, they'll do it the same way they've been doing it for more than a century. It'll give us a snapshot of the ...

A NASA mission aimed at surveying black holes and supernovae, among other things, launched successfully today at noon ET from beneath the belly of a wide-body jet flying approximately 40,000 feet ...

Generally speaking, when one thinks of a telescope one imagines either huge dishes installed on the ground, at high altitude, or immense mirrors placed in key points in orbit around the planet. But ...

The $19.7 million base period contract for 23 months includes three one-year option periods, with total value of up to $26 million. The support contract follows the integration of the 20-ton, ...

On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! Astronomers had long suspected that Uranus has rings, but the actual discovery happened by accident. A team of three astronomers was ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This scale model of a C-141 military ...

This map from the Global Airborne Observatory shows the prevalence of live coral cover at Kīholo Bay on Hawai‘i Island in 2019 Here are a few facts you won’t find in any travel guide about Hawai‘i: ...