NASA Statement On Alpha Centauri Planet Discovery

The following is a statement about the European Southern Observatory's latest exoplanet discovery from NASA's Science…

Mars Rock Touched By NASA Curiosity Rover Offers Surprises

The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied…

NASA’s Swift Satellite Discovers A New Black Hole In Our Galaxy

NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the…

NASA’s Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion of Universe

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have announced one of the most precise measurements yet of…

NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy Amidst Cosmic ‘Dark Ages’

WASHINGTON -- With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as…

NASA’s WISE Survey Uncovers Millions Of Black Holes

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes…

NASA’s Kepler Discovers Multiple Planets Orbiting a Pair of Stars

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered multiple transiting planets orbiting two suns for the first time.

NASA Awards Caltech Five-Year Jet Propulsion Laboratory Contract

NASA has awarded the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena a new five-year contract to manage…

Hubble, Swift Detect First-Ever Changes In An Exoplanet Atmosphere

WASHINGTON -- An international team of astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made…

New NASA Game Lets Players Build and Launch a Virtual Rocket

With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don't…