MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION

Scientists using NASA’s Swift satellite and several ground-based telescopes have detected the most distant explosion yet,…

SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR AWARD

NASA selected two teams to receive the agency’s Software of the Year Award. A team from…

DEEP IMPACT

Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from…

SPIRIT ON MARS

Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA’s Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes…

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut…

UNDERSEA LAB

NASA is sending three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor to test new space medicine concepts and…

DESERT “RATS”

Meaningful exploration in the hostile environs of the moon and Mars will depend on mobility. Tough,…

ENCELADUS TIGER STRIPES

The Cassini spacecraft discovered the long, cracked features dubbed “tiger stripes” on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus…

MARS ORBITER

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment…

NASA HONORS HIGH FLYING SPACE PIONEERS

NASA awarded astronaut wings to three 1960’s-era test pilots. The pilots were never recognized for going…