NASA has released a short animation showing the melting process of a snowflake, the first 3D model to show this in action. The 3D model was created by Jussi Leinonen, a scientist with NASA's Jet ...

NASA has provided us with some truly fantastic images of the Moon over the years. We've gotten to see Earth's friendly little neighbor from just about every angle, and anyone who wants to scour images ...

Once one of the brightest stars in the night sky, the star Eta Carinae, lost its luster after the 1843 Great Eruption. NASA has now provided a three-dimensional model of the Homunculus Nebula and ...

NASA’s latest generation of 3D printed rocket engines is not just a materials experiment, it is a direct assault on the cost ...

NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, which kicked off in 2015, is now well into its third and final phase. The latest stage has awarded five teams a share of US$100,000 in prize money for the best ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New 3D models from NASA show how massive solar eruptions send powerful shock waves through space.

NASA has released 21 files that can be used by 3D printers to create models of satellites, probes, planetary formations — even asteroids. The files, which come in the STL (stereolithography) format, ...

Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software ...

Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data—including a flight through a hurricane. The goal?

A multi-year NASA contest to design a 3D-printable Mars habitat using on-planet materials has just hit another milestone — and a handful of teams have taken home some cold, hard cash. This more ...

NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is edging towards its conclusion, which means another phase of the four-year competition has drawn to a close. This latest round tasked teams with creating detailed ...