NASA’S Next Generation Space Telescope Marks Key Milestone

The first six of 18 segments that will form NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror…

Breakthrough Study Confirms Cause Of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

A new supercomputer simulation shows the collision of two neutron stars can naturally produce the magnetic…

NASA Telescopes Join Forces To Observe Unprecedented Explosion

NASA's Swift satellite, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study one…

NASA To Release Messenger’s First Orbital Images Of Mercury Media Teleconference Scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday

NASA will release the first orbital image of Mercury's surface, including previously unseen terrain, on Tuesday…

NASA Stardust Spacecraft Officially Ends Operations

NASA's Stardust spacecraft sent its last transmission to Earth at 7:33 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 24,…

Suzaku Shows Clearest Picture Yet Of Perseus Galaxy Cluster

X-ray observations made by the Suzaku observatory provide the clearest picture to date of the size,…

NASA TV To Cover MESSENGER Spacecraft Entering Mercury’s Orbit

NASA TV To Cover MESSENGER Spacecraft Entering Mercury's Orbit

NASA’S MESSENGER Spacecraft Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury

MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT Thursday.

NASA Media Telecon Previews First Spacecraft To Orbit Mercury

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 15, to discuss…

NASA’s Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit

NASA's Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST…