NASA’S Kepler Discovers its Smallest ‘Habitable Zone’ Planets to Date

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the…

NASA'S Kepler Discovers its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the…

NASA Associate Administrator Statements on the Asteroid Initiative in the FY 2014 Budget Request

The following are statements from the associate administrators of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate,…

NASA Selects Explorer Investigations for Formulation

NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program has selected two missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and…

Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to…

NASA Invites Media Inside One of the World’s Largest Vacuum Chambers

The world's largest thermal-vacuum chamber will be open to news media at NASA's Johnson Space Center…

Herschel Discovers Some of the Youngest Stars Ever Seen

Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen thanks to the Herschel space observatory,…

NASA TV News Conference To Discuss Planck Cosmology Findings

NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 21, to discuss the…

NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars

An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have…

Houston Conference to Feature NASA Missions’ Science Results

NASA researchers and other scientists will present scientific results and contributions from current and past Mars…