NASA Releases Unique Images of Mars

NASA Releases Unique Images of Mars

Pit Crater near Elysium Mons. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona The image above shows an area on the lower southeastern flank of the volcano Elysium Mons on Mars. Pictured is a small yet dark pit that is about 130 meters in diameter. This is the first pit seen in...
VIDEO: NASA Astronaut Preaches STEM Education in Hawaii

VIDEO: NASA Astronaut Preaches STEM Education in Hawaii

The following video from KHON2 features NASA astronaut Mark Polansky hosting a public talk story session at Maryknoll Community Center in Makiki. Polansky stresses the importances of science, technology, engineering and mathematic education in schools.

NASA Scientist to Speak on Near Earth Objects

The public is welcome to join PISCES and others during a presentation on Near Earth Objects (NEOs) on March 9 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. NASA scientist Brian Day will be presenting the information. Day works at NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research...

Scientists Detect Gravitational Waves

Credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), a pair of ground-based observatories in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston,...
New Horizons Mission Could Help Find Planets Beyond Neptune

New Horizons Mission Could Help Find Planets Beyond Neptune

A recent discovery found evidence of a giant planet located on the outside of our solar system, and with the help of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft we may be on the path to confirming the planet’s existence. According to a story in Space Flight Insider,...