NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole

Astronomers have observed the largest X-ray flare ever detected from the supermassive black hole at the…

Student Scientists Persevere, Ready to Launch Experiments to Space Station

Students will look to the skies this week when SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services (CRS) mission…

NASA Announces Briefing on New Mission to Track Water in Earth’s Soil

NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 8, in the James…

NASA Statement on GAO Decision to Deny Commercial Crew Contract Protest

NASA issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision to…

Measuring Clouds and Aerosols From the Space Station

Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in this…

Measuring Clouds and Aerosols From the Space Station

Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in this…

Solar Dynamics Observatory Welcomes the New Year

There were no fireworks on the sun to welcome in the New Year and only a…

Ceres, Target of NASA’s Dawn Mission

Discovered on Jan. 1, 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi of Italy, Ceres is the largest object in…

NASA Highlights Astrophysics Discoveries at American Astronomical Society Meeting

NASA researchers will present a wide range of new astrophysics findings at the 225th meeting of…

Hubble Sees an Ancient Globular Cluster

This image captures the stunning NGC 6535, a globular cluster 22,000 light-years away in the constellation…