Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Trailing Debris

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust…

NASA’s Wise Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky; Infrared All-Sky Surveying Telescope Sends Back First Images from Space

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky…

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,…

NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld, Instrumental to Hubble Telescope Repair, Will Help Oversee its Science Operations

NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld, who participated in three spaceflights to service the Hubble Space Telescope, is…

NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet; Plane’s Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Unlock Secrets of the Cosmos

A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared…

NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane’s Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos

A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared…

NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian

Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National…

NASA Spacecraft Provides First View of Our Place in the Galaxy

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the…

NASA Research Reveals Major Insight Into Evolution Of Life On Earth

Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two…

NASA Presents Coins Flown in Space to National Federation of the Blind

During a ceremony July 31, senior NASA officials will present the National Federation of the Blind…