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An up-close look at the new antenna design
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Antenna Design Could Improve Satellite Communications

by David Shultz 14 March 201910 March 2022

A novel antenna design promises to improve bandwidth and allow for better communication between Earth stations and satellites.

Seismic tomography imaging shows a portion of a “blob” that sits at the base of the mantle below Africa.
Posted inFeatures

The Unsolved Mystery of the Earth Blobs

by Jenessa Duncombe 27 February 201927 January 2023

Researchers peering into Earth’s interior found two continent-sized structures that upend our picture of the mantle. What could their existence mean for us back on Earth’s surface?

An aurora over Alaska, one of the vibrations of the universe
Posted inNews

Deaf Students Feel the Universe’s Vibrations in New Workshop

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 20 February 201910 January 2023

Students experienced the vibrations of Earth’s auroras, the Sun’s flares, Jupiter’s bow shock, and Saturn’s rings in an outreach activity designed specifically for their community.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine lunar exploration
Posted inNews

NASA Wants to Get Back to the Moon, and Fast

by Randy Showstack 15 February 201926 January 2022

The space agency has plans for a sustainable return to the Moon.

Atmospheric research instrumentation class
Posted inScience Updates

Training a New Generation of Data-Savvy Atmospheric Researchers

by L. D. Riihimaki, R. A. Houze Jr., L. A. McMurdie and K. Dorsey 30 January 201926 October 2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington team up to teach students about state-of-the-art research instrumentation.

Rozan Alkhatib-Alkontar surveys a patch of ground at the site of the ancient city of Thaj, Saudi Arabia
Posted inNews

Magnetic Surveying Reveals Hidden Ancient Buildings and Streets

by B. Bedford 11 January 201929 September 2021

Buried buildings subtly distort natural magnetic fields, providing a magnetic surveying team with clues that helped archaeologists map an ancient city.

NASA’s TESS mission discovers third exoplanet
Posted inNews

NASA Space Telescope Spots Its Third Planet

by Katherine Kornei 9 January 201929 September 2021

A planet 3 times as large as the Earth was detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in a relatively leisurely orbit—the longest yet detected by this telescope—of 36 days.

A lava flow rolls down Kīlauea in Hawaii
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Tool for Studying Volcanic Eruptions Like Kīlauea

by E. Underwood 9 January 20192 May 2022

A new study sheds light on how magma erodes the conduit it flows through.

Block of clear hydrogel with few flaws into which pressurized fluid has been injected, causing long, continuous cracks
Posted inNews

Watch Tiny Cracks Travel in 3-D

by E. K. Carlson 26 December 20186 October 2021

Scientists used a transparent gel and high-speed photography to figure out how cracks form and spread. What they found could help explain earthquakes and fracturing glaciers.

The ice-climbing robot IceWorm scales a wall in a glacial cave at Mount St. Hel
Posted inNews

Meet IceWorm: NASA’s New Ice-Climbing Robot

by Jenessa Duncombe 12 December 201829 September 2021

A robot that can inch up icy surfaces may help scientists reach new heights in some of Earth’s most dangerous and remote landscapes.

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