NASA’s IRIS Telescope Offers First Glimpse of Sun’s Mysterious Atmosphere

As the telescope door opened on July 17, 2013, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph began to…

Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rises

NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon…

NASA Selects Contract for Information Technology Services

NASA has awarded Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) Federal Research and Technology Solutions of Greenbelt, Md.,…

Kepler Mission Manager Update: Initial Recovery Tests

During initial exploratory recovery tests, both reaction wheel 4 and 2 spun.

Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rise

NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon…

NASA Discusses First IRIS Solar Images in Media Teleconference

NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT Thursday, July 25, to present the…

NASA Ames Invites Media to Space Station Astronaut-Robot Test

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's…

SOFIA Investigates Southern Sky From New Zealand

NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory is in New Zealand to study celestial objects that are difficult or…

Kepler Mission Manager Update: Recovery Begins

Over the next week, the team will attempt tests to explore recovery of the spacecraft's reaction…

In the Zone: How Scientists Search for Habitable Planets

NASA's Kepler mission is helping in the quest for “Goldilocks planets,” where conditions are "just right"…