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…

X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end

After nearly six years, a successful and productive joint NASA-Boeing X-48 Hybrid / Blended Wing Body…

Baffin Island, Davis Strait

IceBridge closed out the fourth week of its Arctic campaign with a flight over the striking…

Solar Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg AFB for Launch

IRIS spacecraft arrives at VAFB for final preparations for a NET May 28 launch aboard a…

X-48 Project Completes Flight Research

NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial…

NASA Seeks Innovative Suborbital Flight Technology Proposals

For a second year, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals for suborbital technology payloads…

NASA Awards Cooperative Agreement for Internships

NASA's Office of Education has awarded a cooperative agreement to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA)…

Media Invited to View Wildfire Sensor On USFS Jet

Media are invited to view the USFS jet on the tarmac in front of the Moffett…

SOFIA Observations Reveal Star Formation Surprise

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy researchers capture mid-infrared images of massive G35 star condensing in dense…

Sofia Observations Reveal a Surprise in Massive Star Formation

Researchers using the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured the most detailed mid-infrared…