NASA's Swift satellite, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study one…
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Breakthrough Study Confirms Cause Of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
A new supercomputer simulation shows the collision of two neutron stars can naturally produce the magnetic…
SOFIA Completes First Flight of German Instrument
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, April 6,…
Is the Moon Titan Shaped By Weather, or Ice Volcanoes?
Have the surface and belly of Saturn's smog-shrouded moon, Titan, recently simmered like a chilly, bubbling…
Tests on AMS Ongoing, No External Tank Foam Repairs Needed
Engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will continue ground support equipment evaluations at Launch…
Nobel Prize Winner Baruch Blumberg Dies
Nobel Prize winner Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg, who served as the first director of the NASA…
Baruch Blumberg Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine and a former director…
Pad Storm Data Reviewed, Payload Testing Today
Engineers will meet today to review all data collected following severe storms that hit NASA's Kennedy…
Liftoff!
The Soyuz TMA-21 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, carrying…
What a Ride It’s Been
As a tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle Program, artist Brian Basset created this commemorative drawing depicting…