NASA’s Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star

NASA has announced a unique opportunity to ask the commander of the International Space Station a…

NASA Announcing Kepler Discoveries at Science Conference

NASA will host a news briefing at 8 a.m. PST, Monday, Dec. 5, to announce new…

Swift Finds a Gamma-Ray Burst With a Dual Personality

NASA and the Library of Congress have established the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress chair…

NASA’s Hubble Observes Young Dwarf Galaxies Bursting With Stars

Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope…

NASA’s Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar, 100 Pulsars To-Date

An international team of scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful…

NASA’s Fermi to Reveal New Findings About Pulsars

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Nov. 3, to discuss…

Mikulski Opens Webb Telescope Exhibit at Maryland Science Center

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver joined U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) during a dedication of a…

NASA’s Next-Generation Space Observatory Comes To Baltimore

Journalists are invited to an up-close look at a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space…

NASA Telescopes Help Solve Ancient Supernova Mystery

A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out…

Herschel Space Observatory Finds Oceans of Water in Planet-Forming Disk Around Nearby Star

Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have detected for the first time cold water…