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People looked for shadows yesterday on Groundhog Day, but NASA researchers chase shadows across the universe every day.

When particles from local pollution get caught up in the atmosphere, they may impact humans in other states miles away.

Collecting oral histories is a valuable tool to preserve institutional memory, filling in the gaps when documentation is scarce.

The Lunar New Year begins sometime between January 21st and February 20th each year. But how is that date determined?

In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

Imagine a lunar pipeline built by robots that could transport oxygen to future Moon bases.

Meia’s story, in the graphic novel, Gearhart Legacies, was created to inspire future generations of dreamers to become outstanding engineers.

Space exploration is perilous. Yet NASA astronauts accept the challenge bravely.

Many of the guests at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex take time to honor our fallen astronauts at the Center’s Space Mirror Memorial.

Using today’s propulsion technology means a trip to Neptune still takes about twelve years.

Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a mission headed to another planet.

Bend-forming could certainly transform in-space manufacturing, literally shaping a new generation of spacecraft built in space.

Otter will collect information about defunct satellites, supporting NASA’s goal to make space safer.

NASA is studying an edible fungus that grows in Yellowstone as a possible protein source for astronauts on long-duration missions.

Harmless bacteria that show antibiotic resistance and a tolerance to disinfection, have been isolated on the International Space Station.

Aerogels are lightweight materials that make good thermal insulators.

FLUTE would use the physics of fluids to create a large mirror more than four hundred times the size of the mirror in the Hubble Space Telescope.

Researchers are using balloons to create a cell tower in the sky.

These syncing techniques could mean a quantum leap for timekeeping technologies.

For the second time in less than a year, SCALPSS is set to make the long journey to the Moon.