Nature’s Most Precise Clocks May Make “Galactic GPS” Possible; Pulsing Pulsars Help in Search for Gravitational Waves

Radio astronomers have uncovered 17 millisecond pulsars in our galaxy by studying unknown high-energy sources detected…

Stellar Destruction

Evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Magellan telescopes suggest a star was torn apart…

Mars rover Spirit’s 6-year stint may be ending: NASA

NASA Sunday celebrated Mars rover Spirit's bountiful, six-year stint on the red planet, way longer than…

Mars rover Spirit’s 6-year stint may be ending: NASA

NASA Sunday celebrated Mars rover Spirit's bountiful, six-year stint on the red planet, way longer than…

The will to rise up – Video

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Endeavour Preps Progress Into the New Year

Teams are returning from the holiday break today to prepare space shuttle Endeavour for its move…

A-3 Test Stand to Mark Several Construction Milestones in 2010

The A-3 Test Stand being built to test the next generation of rocket engines at NASA's…

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Five Exoplanets

NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars,…

Moon Rock Gains Traveling Companion for Historic Return to Space

A moon rock collected during the historic Apollo 11 mission more than 40 years ago will…

Kepler Telescope Discovers its First Five Exoplanets

NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars,…