NASA will host about 100 registered people to go “behind-the scenes” and learn about planetary discoveries…
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NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Discovers Extraordinary New Planetary System
Scientists using NASA's Kepler, a space telescope, recently discovered six planets made of a mix of…
NASA Finds Earth-size Planet Candidates in Habitable Zone
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the…
Girl Scouts Explore Future Career Opportunities
More than 1,000 Girl Scouts attended an annual Career Exploration Day at Ames.
Kepler Mission Manager Update, Feb. 1, 2011
During the scheduled Feb. 1, 2011 contact with the Kepler spacecraft, engineers discovered Kepler was in…
GREAT: First Installation on SOFIA
The German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies, or GREAT, instrument was successfully mounted on the…
NASA to Announce New Planetary Discoveries
NASA will host a news briefing at 10 a.m. PST, Wednesday, Feb. 2, to announce the…
NASA Hosts Bay Area Girl Scouts Career Day
News media are invited to observe thousands of Girl Scouts from across Northern California for a…
Local Students Blaze a Trail for Space Station Research
A good education is the launch pad that enables students to shoot for the stars with…
More Asteroids Could Have Made Life’s Ingredients
A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids used by…