First Official Names Given to Features on Asteroid Bennu

Benben Saxum and 11 other features on the asteroid Bennu are the first to receive official…

Hubble Spies Galactic Traffic Jam

NGC 3887 is one of many galaxies in our universe with spiral arms, just like our…

OSIRIS-REx Swoops Over Sample Site Nightingale

NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft just got its best look yet at asteroid Bennu. Click…

Bob Lutz Lives a Life of Science, Athletics, Leadership and Love

Bob Lutz, lead flight software sustaining engineer, lives a life of science, athletics, leadership and love. …

NASA Approves Development of Universe-Studying, Planet-Finding Mission

NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project has passed a critical programmatic and technical milestone,…

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Students Catch Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole

Last fall, the student-built Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer onboard OSIRIS-REx detected a newly flaring black hole…

Hubble Spots a Spiral With a Past

NGC 691, shown in this Hubble image, features intricate details of the galaxy’s layers of stars…

Record-breaking Explosion by Black Hole Spotted

The biggest explosion seen in the universe has been found. This record-breaking, gargantuan eruption came from…

Examining Ice Giants With NASA’s Webb Telescope

Far-flung Uranus and Neptune — the ice giants of our solar system — are as mysterious…

NASA Goddard Team Selected to Design Concept for Probe of Mysterious Venus Atmosphere

A proposed Goddard mission could one day fly the first U.S. spacecraft since 1978 to study…