NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of…
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NASA Selects Mission to Study Black Holes, Cosmic X-ray Mysteries
NASA has selected a science mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time,…
NASA’s MAVEN Mission Gives Unprecedented Ultraviolet View of Mars
New global images of Mars from the MAVEN mission show the ultraviolet glow from the Martian…
NASA’s Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off…
NASA Scientist Presents “The Juno Mission to Jupiter” at the Library of Congress
The public is invited to a free talk called “The Juno Mission to Jupiter,” presented by…
NASA’s NICER Mission Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The multipurpose Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
NASA, France to Collaborate on Planetary Science and Space Exploration
NASA and the Astrophysics and Planetology Research Institute (IRAP), located in Toulouse, France, have signed an…
NASA Selects Instrument Team to Build Next-Gen Planet Hunter
NASA has selected a team to build a new, cutting-edge instrument that will detect planets outside…
Student-Built Experiment Integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) will determine elemental abundances on the surface of asteroid Bennu.