NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract

NASA has selected Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., for a $23.3 million contract to develop engineering demonstrations…

NASA’S Fermi Proves Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays

A new study using observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence…

Educator Teams Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory

The first four Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA) educators returned safely to Earth, landing in Palmdale, Calif.…

Celestial Valentine

Generations of stars can be seen in this infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In…

NASA Targets March 1 Launch for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission; Media Accreditation Open

NASA and its international partners are targeting Friday, March 1, as the launch date for the…

NASA’s Chandra Suggests Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy’s Youngest Black Hole

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the…

NASA Spinoff 2012 Features New Space Tech Bettering Your Life Today

A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants…

NASA’s Chandra Suggests Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy’s Youngest Black Hole

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the…

NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid

NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Feb.…

NASA Designs New Space Telescope Optics

Although hundreds of planets orbiting other stars have been discovered in the past 15 years, we…