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A joint team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Stanford University, and MIT believe that Hedgehogs are the answer for autonomous exploration in low-gravity environments.

It’s been nearly 70 years since Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a jet plane. Now NASA is once again looking at designs for supersonic planes --- ones without a sonic boom.

Most of us enjoy that moment of bliss when a tasty bit of chocolate transforms from solid to a sensual liquid that teases our tastebuds. Don’t ruin the moment, but in the glowing aftermath, you might stop to consider the technology involved in creating this confectionary delight.

Horseshoe bats possess a unique echo system. And now a team at Virginia Tech is using the bat’s echolocation system to improve modern sonar.

The Space Act helps many American companies bring new products to market with technology transferred from NASA.

Many NASA cameras record images in black and white. So what does it take to produce those pictures in living color?

After the Bell X-1 had broken the sound barrier, the aerospace industry began eagerly looking for aircraft that could operate at supersonic speeds. But even the best designs were doomed to failure – until one creative individual changed the shape of flight.

One of the studies funded under NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts, or NIAC program, is a project that hopes to use Stellar Echo Imaging to give astronomers detailed information about Exoplanets.

What if the way you eat is just as important as what you eat?

Sometimes called, “White Mars,” Antarctica is the perfect place to study how people react when you just can’t go home.