Researchers using NASA's SOFIA flying observatory capture new images of a huge ring of gas and…
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NASA’s Green Aviation Research Throttles Up Into Second Gear
NASA has selected eight large-scale integrated technology demonstrations to advance aircraft concepts and technologies that will…
NASA’s NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, set its X-ray eyes on a spiral galaxy and…
Galaxy’s Gamma-Ray Flares Erupted Far From Its Black Hole
In 2011, a months-long blast of energy launched by an enormous black hole almost 11 billion…
New Chandra Movie Features Neutron Star Action
Unlike with some blockbuster films, the sequel to a movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is…
NASA’S Kepler Mission Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates
NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates.
National Academy of Sciences Honors Kepler Scientist
William Borucki, principal investigator for the Kepler mission at the agency's Ames Research Center, is recipient…
Kepler Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates
Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit…
Robonaut Operates Task Board in Space
In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, Robonaut 2 is pictured on Jan. 2, during a…
NASA Selects Construction Management Contractor
NASA has selected Frontier-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Kansas City, Mo., to manage and oversee…