When (Neutron) Stars Collide

This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before…

NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event

For the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to…

NASA Johnson Space Center Invites Media to Screening of Documentary on Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Media are invited to attend the screening of “AMS: The Fight for Flight,” a NASA documentary…

Glorious Sunrise at the Start of a Spacewalk

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei exits the International Space Station on Oct. 10, 2017, for a…

Facebook Live with Astronauts Kicks Off Year of Education on Space Station

The first major event for the Year of Education on Station (YES) will be hosted by…

NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike

A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the…

Dream Chaser at Dawn

Dawn brings the sight of Dream Chaser, Sierra Nevada Corporation's reusable spaceplane, as it sits on…

Apollo 7 Launches on October 11, 1968

On October 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched

Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

The tiny world Haumea has a ring, the most distant we’ve found in our solar system.…

Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

The tiny world Haumea has a ring, the most distant we’ve found in our solar system.…