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Adapting space-industry technology to treat breast cancer

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used

NASA satellite confirms another tropical cyclone may impact the Philippines

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Philippine Sea during the early morning hours today, November 2 infrared imagery saw another new tropical cyclone coming together.

Mirinae floods Philippines, makes landfall in Vietnam with strong thunderstorms

Mirinae (Santi) caused 12 hours of flooding rains in the Philippines when it crossed the northern Luzon region over the weekend. On October 31 at 5 a.m.

NASA's Fermi telescope detects gamma-ray from 'star factories' in other galaxies

Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

Typhoon Mirinae already raining on the Philippines

Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that Typhoon Mirinae's cold thunderstorm clouds were already over sections of the central and northern Philippines on October 30 at 4:53 p.m.

Interactions with aerosols boost warming potential of some gases

For decades, climate scientists have worked to identify and measure key substances -- notably greenhouse gases and aerosol particles -- that affect Earth's climate.

NASA researchers explore lightning's 'NOx-ious' impact on pollution, climate

Every year, scientists learn something new about the inner workings of lightning.

Typhoon Mirinae is already scaring Philippine residents before Halloween

Another typhoon in the northern Philippines really is something to be scared about, and Mirinae is expected to make landfall there in the mid-morning hours on Halloween, October 31.

New celestial map gives directions for GPS

Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator.

Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky.

Fermi telescope caps its first year with a glimpse of space-time

During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma
Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky with unprecedented
resolution and sensitivity.

Mirinae intensifying while moving away from the northern Marianas

Typhoon Mirinae is moving west and away from the Northern Marianas Islands on a track to a landfall in the Philippines by the weekend.

Gamma-ray photon race ends in dead heat; Einstein wins this round

Racing across the universe for the last 7.3 billion years, two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope within nine-tenths of a second of one another.

Microwave satellite imagery shows an eye developing in Mirinae

Microwave satellite imagery has revealed that Tropical Storm Mirinae is strengthening enough to develop an eye, and that's what it's doing.



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