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Mark SubbaRao Brings Data to Life Through Art

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

“Data visualization has recently exploded as a communication tool,” said Mark SubbaRao, information technology specialist and lead for NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. “As data becomes bigger and more complex, visualization becomes an even more important tool for understanding that data.”Rachel Connolly / Courtesy of Mark SubbaRao Name: Mark SubbaRao Title: Lead, Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) [...]

John Moisan Studies the Ocean Through the ‘Eyes’ of AI

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

“I do evolutionary programming,” said NASA Goddard oceanographer Dr. John Moisan. “I see a lot of possibility in using evolutionary programming to solve many large problems we are trying to solve. How did life start and evolve? Can these processes be used to evolve intelligence or sentience?”Courtesy of John Moisan Name: John Moisan Formal Job [...]

Trena Ferrell Inspires Through Science and Education

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

“This event made me realize that NASA really is a family. Everyone works together for a positive outcome; a shared, common interest,” said Dr. Trena Ferrell, NASA’s Earth Science Division’s Education and Publish Outreach Lead. “World-class scientist and engineers willingly give their time to tell the world about their expertise. They are good with people [...]

Phathom Donald Brings Space Closer as a Hubble Mission Engineer

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

“I’m always proud every time I see a new picture taken by Hubble,u0022 said Phathom Donald, a satellite systems engineer for the Hubble Space Telescope. u0022It feels like an accomplishment and an honor even to be part of a mission that brings those images to people on Earth.”u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Rob [...]

NASA Scientists & Historian Named AAAS 2022 Fellows

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Four individuals with NASA affiliations have been named 2022 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements in the scientific enterprise. Election as a Fellow by the AAAS Council honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications [...]

Peyman Abbaszadeh: Hydrology and Hope for the Future

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dr. Peyman Abbaszadeh poses outside Princeton University, where he is a postdoctoral research associate in the department of civil and environmental engineering. Peyman’s research area is computational hydrology and satellite data assimilation.u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: Atieh Alipour / Courtesy of Peyman Abbaszadehu003c/emu003eu003c/strongu003e Editor’s Note: A revised version of this story was posted on February 17, 2023, to include [...]

NASA Engineers Honored by National Academy of Engineering

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected three new members with NASA affiliations. Two employees and one retiree from three different NASA centers around the country were awarded the honor on Feb. 7. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Individuals in the newly elected class will [...]

NASA Scientist Jonathan Gardner Named AAS 2023 Fellow

By |2025-02-10T12:55:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Jonathan Gardner of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was selected as a 2023 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) for extraordinary achievement and service. He is being recognized for exceptional community service and scientific leadership of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope science teams, leading to Webb’s flight hardware exceeding all of [...]

NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast

By |2025-02-10T12:03:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Cliffs slope into the ocean in San Simeon, California. All along the state’s dynamic coastline, land is inching down and up due to natural and human-caused factors. A better understanding of this motion can help communities prepare for rising seas.NASA/JPL-Caltech The elevation changes may [...]

NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System

By |2025-02-10T10:00:00-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This artist’s concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists recently discovered such a system that may break the current record for fastest exoplanet system, traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour, or 540 kilometers per second.NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC) Astronomers may have discovered a [...]

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