Greece

A young Greek student from Thessaloniki, has become the newest member of the NASA research team. Menelaos Raptis, who studies at the Franklin & Marshall College of Astrophysics, is also a member of the National Robotics Team and the...

A team of international scientists researching the submerged Kolumbo volcano off Santorini discovered unknown hydrothermal fountains, or "chimneys," around which bacterial communities are flourishing. The oceanographic research mission, consisting of 30 scientists from the United States, Greece, Australia and Germany, is...

An international team of scientists and researchers led and funded by NASA began research  in the famous volcano off the island of Santorini on Wednesday night. The team, comprised of Greek, American, Australian and German scientists, will conduct its research in the...

Greek scientists in Thessaloniki have used the technology of a centrifuge machine used by NASA and the ESA to create a device to help people who suffer from problems related to an inability to exercise. The centrifuge is used in...

Greek-American space scientist and professor Stamatios Krimigis has been head-hunted to work as a pro bono adviser to Greece's Ministry of Digital Governance, Minister Kyriakos Perrakakis announced on Tuesday. The 80-year-old scientist, who is an emeritus of the Applied Physics...

The Hellenic Space Agency (HSA or ΕΛΔΟ in Greek) signed an agreement of cooperation with the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday. Dr. Georgios Mantzouris, the CEO of HSA, and Jim Bridenstine, the Administrator of NASA,...

NASA officially named two rocks on Mars with words from the Cypriot dialect earlier this week. The rocks were named in honor of the 33-year-old Greek-Cypriot scientist Dr. Konstantinos Charalambous, who works for NASA's ''InSight Mission.'' Dr. Charalambous was given the opportunity to choose...

The Greek Space Agency (ELDO) announced on Tuesday that fourteen different proposals  have been received as part of its participation in NASA's "Invitation to Exploration Campaign" for a new mission to explore the moon. Fourteen Greek universities, agencies and companies...

NASA has published a photo taken of the Perseids meteor shower by a Greek photographer near the town of Kalavrita, Peloponnese. The American space agency posted the image by Andreas Messinis on its official Facebook page. "A magic night viewing the...

On July 6, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of sunglint on the waters around Crete and the Aegean Islands. The phenomenon of sunglint is a matter of optics. Areas where the...

For the second time, Greek photographer Alexandros Maragos has had one of his photos selected as the photo of the day by NASA! Maragos, an Athens-based filmmaker and photographer captured the Greek sky over Patras in a unique scientifically explained...

 NASA has released a satellite picture showing the smoke from the destructive Chios fire reaching all the way to south of Crete. The fire has destroyed the mastic trees in the villages of Elata, Vessa and Lithi. According to the president...

The oldest olive tree at Vouves, a village 30km west of Chania, is 2,000 years old. Its branches were used during the Athens Olympic Games 2004 and during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. An astro-photographer from Chania, Christos Kotsaftis, photographed...

NASA Space Apps Challenge, the biggest event for the development of innovative and space oriented ideas, is back in Cyprus for the fourth consecutive year. Last year, one of the winning teams of the Space Apps Challenge Limassol 2015, “ArachnoBeeA”,...

Although it may look like a lighthouse, the rays of light near the horizon actually emanate from the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece. Some temple lights are even reflected in the Aegean Sea in the foreground. In spite...