The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, April 6,…
Breakthrough Study Confirms Cause Of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
A new supercomputer simulation shows the collision of two neutron stars can naturally produce the magnetic…
SOFIA Completes First Flight of German Instrument
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, April 6,…
The Art of Making Stars
Rho Ophiuchi might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact…
Community College Scholars Selected To Design Robotic Rovers
Eighty students from community colleges in 28 states and Puerto Rico have been selected to travel…
Command initiative brings energy, infrastructure audit to Schriever
Air Force Space Command has contracted an outside agency to evaluate opportunities at each of its…
U.S. firm unveils heavy-lifting rocket
Space Exploration Technologies is building a rocket with twice the lift capacity of NASA's space shuttle…
Tests on AMS Ongoing, No External Tank Foam Repairs Needed
Engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will continue ground support equipment evaluations at Launch…
Baruch Blumberg Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine and a former director…