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Where are the Moon rocks? When they’re not being studied by institutions or enjoyed by museumgoers, NASA has a specialized Lunar Sample Curation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to store and keep these otherworldly samples safe. Deputy Apollo Sample Curator Dr. Juliane Gross explains more about lunar sample curation.

Is climate change the same as global warming? They’re not exactly the same, but they are related. The warming of Earth — or global warming — is just one factor that makes up a range of changes that are happening to our planet, which is climate change. NASA scientist Dr. Yolanda Shea explains more.

How do planets get their names? With the exception of Earth, the planets in our solar system were named after Greek or Roman gods. Now, the job of naming things in space falls to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the internationally recognized authority for naming celestial bodies and their surface features. NASA scientist Dr. Henry Throop explains more.

Is NASA Mining Asteroids? Asteroid mining is not a technology that NASA is pursuing. We are, however, interested in asteroid science. Lindy Elkins-Tanton discusses the importance of studying asteroids and how the science gained from related missions could one day benefit future humans in cosmic mining and resource endeavors.

Are there earthquakes on other planets? There are! But we don’t call them earthquakes. Instead, on the Moon we call them “moonquakes” and on Mars we call them “marsquakes.” In this “We Asked a NASA Expert” video, planetary scientist Dr. Jacob Richardson from NASA Goddard explains more about what otherworldly quakes can not only teach us about the inside of planetary bodies, but also the inside of our own planet.

B-roll of the tour with Vice President Kamala Harris and President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol Vice President Kamela Harris hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. During the visit, the group met with Korean-American scientists and received a briefing on the importance of space to addressing climate change, including NASA’s recently launched Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission and the ROK’s Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) mission that are improving life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality from space. They also saw integration of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image exoplanets, and explore many topics in infrared astrophysics.

In this series, we dive into the legacy of Goddard's lead role in developing laser altimetry, which has revolutionized the way we map our planet, the Moon and other planets. Each chapter looks at the successes and failures of these lidar instruments, beginning with the Mars Observer Laser Altimeter in the late 1980s, through the current generation of laser altimeters on ICESat-2 and GEDI. Through dozens of interviews and archival footage, the history, challenges and legacy of lidar are uncovered.

NASA is developing the Earth System Observatory, the core of which is five satellite missions providing critical data on climate change, severe weather and other natural hazards, wildfires, and global food production. These observations will address the most pressing questions about our changing planet. Taken together as a single Observatory, NASA will have a holistic, 3D view of Earth to better understand how our planet’s complex systems work together and improve our capability to predict how our climate may change. NASA’s Open Source Science strategy is the key to bringing the data from these missions together into a single observatory to help understand the earth as a system and accelerate our ability to use this understanding. These observations will better inform decision-makers on how our planet is changing, with greater precision on previously unimaginable scales – from entire continents down to individual trees, from atmosphere to bedrock.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has an impressive group of women who have worked and continue to work on the historic mission. From Astronauts and engineers to IT and ground testers, Hubble continues its important mission thanks to some truly amazing women. One of these inspiring women is Hubble Electrical Power Systems Engineer Madison Brodnax. Madison works hard every day to ensure that Hubble remains at its peak capabilities. In this video Madison quickly goes over what her job entails, lessons she learned along the way, and some of the things she’s passionate about.

The map was updated on March 15, 2023, to correct times in Mexico along the total eclipse path. Two solar eclipses will cross the United States in 2023 and 2024. On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will create a “ring of fire” in the sky from Oregon to Texas. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies from Texas to Maine. On both dates, all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. will experience a partial solar eclipse

Dr. George R. Carruthers (1939 - 2020) was a visionary scientist, inventor, engineer and educator. On Dec. 2, he became the namesake of a new NASA mission. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will observe Earth from space. The mission will capture light from Earth’s geocorona, the part of the outer atmosphere that emits ultraviolet light and will be ready to launch in 2025

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has an impressive group of women who have worked and continue to work on the historic mission. From Astronauts and engineers to IT and ground testers, Hubble continues its important mission thanks to some truly amazing women. One of these inspiring women is Hubble Payload Team Manager Beverly Johnson. Beverly works hard every day to ensure that Hubble performs at the peak of its capabilities. In this video Beverly quickly goes over what her job entails and important lessons she learned along the way.

Using commercial, high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence, a team of NASA-funded scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands in order to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of major forests. The result is the first comprehensive estimate of carbon density in the Saharan, Sahel, and Sudanian zones of Africa.

As a cosmic photographer, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken over a million snapshots documenting the universe. These images illustrate, explain, and inspire us with their grandeur. But how are those images taken? This video explains the answer to that question.