NASA Administrator Statement on Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the first Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer…

NASA TV Briefing Discusses Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Results

NASA will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 3, to discuss…

NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

NASA is extending its contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the…

Planck Mission Brings Universe into Sharp Focus

The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the…

NASA to Hold News Teleconference to Discuss Planck Cosmology Findings (Update)

NASA will host a news teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21, to discuss the…

NASA’s Webb Telescope Gets Its Wings

A massive backplane that will hold the primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope nearly…

NASA’S NuSTAR Helps Solve Riddle of Black Hole Spin

Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton,…

NASA Hosts Media Teleconference About Black Hole Studies

NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 27, to announce black…

NASA’S Fermi Proves Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays

A new study using observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence…

NASA’s Chandra Suggests Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy’s Youngest Black Hole

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the…