Science
U.S. universities top latest worldwide patent count
With heavy investments in research, U.S. universities are outpacing their international counterparts in receiving U.S. patents for new inventions.
Cosmic fireworks in red, white and blue
NASA celebrates the 4th of July with new images of the double-star Eta Carinae erupting like a fireworks display 7,500 light years away.
From NASA to Star Trek: One scientist’s space odyssey
Egyptian-American geologist Farouk El-Baz has had a diverse career, from serving as a science adviser to Anwar Sadat to training U.S. astronauts.
How science works in the U.S.
The U.S. scientific culture encourages new discoveries. It does it through collaboration, public funding, open science, peer review and outreach.
U.S. and Japan partner on future moon mission
Cooperation between NASA and Japan's space agency aims to return humans to the moon in preparation to land on and explore Mars.
Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its birthday with a cosmic crab
See a colorful image of the Southern Crab Nebula, about 7,000 light-years from Earth, transmitted by the Hubble Space Telescope.
A nanoscientist bonds with women in Africa over STEM
An American scientist has traveled to Egypt and Kenya to champion science to women and girls and hosted female scientists from South Africa and Tunisia.
See the first-ever image of a black hole
Thanks to the groundbreaking technology of the Event Horizon Telescope, the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole has been revealed to the world.
Hubble captures rare self-destructing asteroid
The world is getting to see a rare self-destructing asteroid thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency.