What’s Happening in Orion’s Horsehead Nebula?

Two research teams used a map from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, to uncover…

New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins Now

NASA’s aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist.

New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins Now

NASA’s aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist.

Micro-11

Scientists are reconsidering some of the basics of reproduction to understand how fertilization would work if…

Launch Abort! What Happens Next? NASA Scientists Figure Out the Flow to Keep Astronauts Safe

Think back on your favorite movies about astronauts and space travel: The dramatic launch countdown, the…

Fruit Fly Lab

NASA is studying fruit flies in space to help address the effects of long-duration space missions…

Orbital Testing Begins for Advanced Small Spacecraft Communications

NASA Small Satellites Initiate Technology Demonstrations

Kepler Beyond Planets: Finding Exploding Stars

The Kepler space telescope, famous for finding exoplanets, has also been valuable in tracking exploding stars…

NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Nearing the End as Fuel Runs Low

Trailing Earth’s orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential…

SOFIA Return to Flight Delayed

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, remains in Hamburg, Germany, to address a repair that…