Mystery of the Fading Star

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have found a likely solution to a centuries-old riddle of…

An Infrared View of the Galaxy

This composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new…

Administrator Announces Selection of Firms

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke during a press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National…

M51 Hubble Remix

The 51st entry in Charles Messier's famous catalog is perhaps the original spiral nebula--a large galaxy…

Trio of Galaxies Mixes It Up

Though they are the largest and most widely scattered objects in the universe, galaxies do go…

A Day of Remembrance

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden participates in a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA's Day of…

Quake Aftershock Damage Seen by NASA Satellite

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft captured this…

Super Bowl Coin Flown in Space

Members of the STS-129 shuttle mission present a specially minted silver medallion to National Football League…

Spirit’s Tracks

This view from the navigation camera near the top of the mast on NASA's Mars Exploration…

Reflections

Expedition 22 flight engineer Oleg Kotov used a digital still camera to take this self-portrait during…