A “Jellyfish” Galaxy Swims Into View of NASA’s Upcoming Webb Telescope

Webb will target sites of star formation at different points along the tail: close to the…

Luca Parmitano training for second mission

This Summer ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly to the International Space Station from the Baikonur…

NASA Announces First Flight, Record-Setting Mission

NASA and its International Space Station partners have set a new schedule and new crew assignments…

Very bright fireball over New Jersey and Delaware

A very bright fireball was recorded over New Jersey and Delaware at 02:57 UTC on April…

Mirror, mirror

Technology image of the week: a vintage image of a 121-segment mirror array being installed inside…

Deep Space X-ray Burst Gives Astronomers New Signal To Detect Neutron Star Merger

An international team of astronomers, including faculty and alumni from UNLV, has discovered a new way…

NASA’s New Flying Robots: Bee-ing in Space for the First Time

Bees are known to be both busy and hard-working, and NASA’s new free-flying space robots, called…

Owen Garriott, 88, an Early Scientist-Astronaut, Is Dead

He was the science pilot on the record-breaking 59-day mission to Skylab in 1973. Ten years…

Media Invited to NASA Social Media Event Featuring SOFIA Flying Observatory

Media are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour and briefing of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy,…

Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus resupply ship loaded with Canadian cargo

On Wednesday, April 17, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus resupply ship will launch on a cargo resupply mission…