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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 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…
Curiosity Rover’s Self Portrait at ‘John Klein’ Drilling Site, Cropped
This rectangular version of a self-portrait of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken…
NASA’S Orion Lands Safely on Two of Three Parachutes in Test
NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three…
NASA Satellite Data Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East
A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts…
Landsat Spacecraft Launches
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard…
NASA Unveils Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan
NASA's Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan has been posted to the agency's website.
NASA Awards Program Integration Contract for Orion
NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corp. of Burlingame, Calif., for its program integration contract for…