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NASA to Host Deep Space Network Social Media Event
NASA will host a two-day NASA Social for 50 of its social media followers on April 1 and 2, 2014, at JPL in Pasadena and the Deep Space Network complex...
Curiosity Rover Conquers Martian Sand Dune (Video)
The Curiosity rover video, which is comprised of nine images captured by the robot's rear hazard-avoidance camera, shows the six-wheeled explorer climbing up and over a sand dune on Feb....
Sun Watcher’s View | Space Wallpaper
This stunning space wallpaper is a composite of 25 separate images spanning the period of Feb. 11, 2013 to Feb. 11, 2014.
NASA, France Team Up for 2016 Mars Lander Mission
Space officials from the United States and France signed an agreement this week in preparation to send a robotic lander to Mars that will peer deep into the core of...
NASA Spacecraft Sees Violent Solar Realm Beneath Sun's Surface (Photos, Video)
A writhing, violent region below the surface of the sun glows in a newly released video. Scientists created the video using data collected by NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft...
Darwin's Long-Lost Beetle Resurfaces on His Birthday
Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! To celebrate the late evolutionary biologist's 205th birthday on Wednesday, an entomologist is "regifting" one of the beetles Darwin collected during his famous voyage on the...
European GPS Satellites Pass Key Test in Orbit
The four satellites that currently comprise the Galileo constellation — Europe's version of the United States' GPS satnav system — have passed a key test called In-Orbit Validation, European Space...
Gigantic Black Hole Jets Shines in Amazing New Video, Photo
A powerful jet shooting from a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy shines in a newly released image and video tour.
NASA Photos Show Possible Water Flows on Mars
New clues are emerging about the mysterious streaks that appear on Mars' surface during warm weather, though scientists still can't say for sure that they're caused by flowing water.
Charger Rocket Works designing new rocket for NASA competition
A completely redesigned rocket will soar aloft when The University of Alabama in Huntsville's Charger Rocket Works team competes in the NASA Student Launch this spring at Bonneville Salt Flats,...
NASA and French Space Agency Sign Agreement for Mars Mission
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of […]
New US Military Space Plane Aims for 2017 Liftoff
DARPA plans to award the first design contracts for its XS-1 space plane project in May or thereabouts. The agency wants the XS-1 to get off the ground in late...
New satellite animation shows 'Pineapple Express' bringing rains to California
A new animation made at NASA using imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite showed the "Pineapple Express" bringing much needed rain and snow to California from Feb. 7 to 9.
Flowing water on Mars appears likely but hard to prove: Studies examine puzzling summertime streaks
Martian experts have known since 2011 that mysterious, possibly water-related streaks appear and disappear on the planet's surface. These features were given the descriptive name of recurring slope lineae (RSL)...
Why white dots appear larger than equal size black dots: How Galileo's visual illusion works in the mind's eye
Scientists have studied a visual illusion first discovered by Galileo Galilei, and found that it occurs because of the surprising way our eyes see lightness and darkness in the world....
The Archaeology of the Stars
Stellar archaeologists have found some very old stars, hidden in space like a pharoah’s tomb and holding secrets of the cosmos’ chemical evolution.
How to Spot Jupiter in the Night Sky: First, Shoot for the Moon
If your skies are clear on Monday night, be sure to check out the southeast sky starting about an hour or so after sundown for an eye-catching sight: Jupiter and...
Project Mercury: America's 1st Manned Space Program
Mercury was a NASA program to prove that astronauts could function effectively in space for minutes to hours at a time.
Coca-Cola Returns Soda to Outer Space in New Olympics Ad
A new Olympics-themed Coca-Cola commercial features the International Space Station while recycling the soft drink company's own history in space.
Virgin Galactic Helps Build the New Space Age in the Mojave Desert
MOJAVE, Calif. — The Mojave Desert is where the Right Stuff was born. It's where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier with the X-1 rocket plane in 1947. It's where...
Mighty Mobile Rocket Launcher: Rolling NASA Platform Ready for Upgrade (Photo)
The Mobile Launcher, a massive structure, stands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and represents one of NASA's key elements of ground support equipment being upgraded.
Mystery of Florence's Cathedral Dome May Be Solved
Architect Massimo Ricci's theories are explored this week in a NOVA/National Geographic special.
Night Side of Titan | Space Wallpaper
In this stunning space wallpaper, taken with the Cassini wide-angle camera on June 6, 2012, the spacecraft looks toward the night side of Titan and sees sunlight scattering through the...
Space History Photo: Thornton Prepares to Release Hubble Array
Astronaut Kathy Thornton prepares to release the damaged Hubble Space Telescope array after removing it.
Massive neutrinos solve a cosmological conundrum
Scientists have solved a major problem with the current standard model of cosmology identified by combining results from the Planck spacecraft and measurements of gravitational lensing in order to deduce...
Is height important in matters of the heart? New study says yes
Is height important in matters of the heart? According to new research from Rice University and the University of North Texas, the height of a potential partner matters more to...
Prometheus practices its pull
Lit by eerie, reflected light from Saturn's F ring (and a casting a faint shadow through a haze of icy "mist") Saturn's moon Prometheus can be seen in the raw...
A tricked-out point-and-shoot for the search for extraterrestrial life
(Phys.org) —The next time a NASA rover blasts off to explore Mars or some other planet, it might be equipped with a new type of "do-it-all" camera developed by an...