Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances. Supernova UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson after American President Woodrow Wilson,...
View ArticleNASA Selects Explorer Investigations for Formulation
NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program has selected two missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and an International Space Station instrument to observe X-rays from stars. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test
An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Hosts Media Briefing to Discuss Kepler Planetary Discovery
NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, April 18, to announce new discoveries from the agency's Kepler mission. ...Read More →
View ArticleSofia Observations Reveal a Surprise in Massive Star Formation
Researchers using the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured the most detailed mid-infrared images yet of a massive star condensing within a dense cocoon of...
View ArticleNASA’S Kepler Discovers its Smallest ‘Habitable Zone’ Planets to Date
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an...
View ArticleNASA’s Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space...
View ArticleHerschel Completes Its ‘Cool’ Journey in Space
The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope for which NASA helped build instruments and process data, has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant as expected. ...Read...
View ArticleNASA Invites Public to Send Names and Messages to Mars
NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Astrophysicist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
NASA astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou, a senior scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been selected for membership in the National Academy of Sciences, in...
View ArticleNASA’S Hubble Space Telescope Finds Dead Stars ‘Polluted’ With Planet Debris
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in an unlikely place-- the atmospheres of a pair of burned-out stars called white dwarfs. ...Read More →
View ArticleMedia Accreditation Open For Launch Of NASA’s Next Mission To Mars
International and U.S. media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference Today
NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts On Mars
Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least...
View ArticleHerschel Space Observatory Finds Mega Merger of Galaxies
A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA’S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape
The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like...
View ArticleNASA’s WISE Mission Finds Lost Asteroid Family Members
Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Hosts News and Social Media Events Around This Week’s Asteroid Pass
NASA is inviting members of the media and public to participate in online and television events May 30-31 with NASA officials and experts discussing the agency's asteroid initiative and the Earth flyby...
View ArticleNASA’S Swift Reveals New Phenomenon in a Neutron Star
Astronomers using NASA's Swift X-ray Telescope have observed a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down, yielding clues they can use to understand these extremely dense objects. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA’s Grail Mission Solves Mystery of Moon’s Surface Gravity
NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has uncovered the origin of massive invisible regions that make the moon's gravity uneven, a phenomenon that affects the operations of...
View ArticleNASA’s Hubble Will Use Rare Stellar Alignment to Hunt For Planets
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA’s Swift Produces Best Ultraviolet Maps of the Nearest Galaxies
Astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have used NASA's Swift satellite to create the most detailed ultraviolet light surveys ever of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two...
View ArticleNASA’s Hubble Maps 3-D Structure of Ejected Material Around Erupting Star
A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova. Astronomers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to observe the light...
View ArticleNASA’s Spitzer Sees Milky Way’s Blooming Countryside
New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, far from its crowded core. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA Chandra, Spitzer Study Suggests Black Holes Abundant Among The Earliest...
By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, an international team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied...
View ArticleNASA to Host June 7 Mars Rover Opportunity Teleconference
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The 10th anniversary of this rover's...
View ArticleMarks on Martian Dunes May Reveal Tracks of Dry Ice Sleds
NASA research indicates hunks of frozen carbon dioxide -- dry ice -- may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft, plowing furrows as they go. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA’S Chandra Turns up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door
Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. ...Read More →
View ArticleNASA’s Hubble Uncovers Evidence of Farthest Planet Forming From Its Star
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet...
View ArticleNASA’s Webb Telescope’s Last Backbone Component Completed
Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a...
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