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For the first time ever, astronomers have used instruments onboard the world's largest airborne observatory to examine a massive planet beyond Earth's solar system.

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The highest-resolution radar images of asteroid 2015 TB145's safe flyby of Earth have been processed....

As of Nov. 2, "Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales" has finished its madcap five-episode race through the "Star Wars" story as told from R2-D2's and C-3PO's perspective.

"The Big Bang--the beginning of the universe--produced matter and antimatter in equal amounts. But that's not the world we see today. Antimatter is extremely rare. It's a huge mystery!" said Aihong Tang, a Brookhaven phy...

NASA Stennis Space Center:

The decision comes after years of allied complaints, especially from nations that had purchased U.S.-built Joint Strike Fighter aircraft on the assumption that they would be fitted with MUOS communications pods. SpaceNew...

NASA has selected Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc. of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide services in support of its Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program office at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

NASA has opened media accreditation for a Nov. 30 event marking the arrival of a full-size test version of the service module, provided by ESA (European Space Agency), for NASA's Orion spacecraft at the agency's Plum Bro...

The first flight of an experimental launch system for small satellites ended in failure Nov. 3. The U.S. Air Force's rail-launched Super Strypi rocket, packed with more than a dozen small satellites, roared toward the sk...

The White House wants U.S. agencies involved in space weather to consider commercial sources of observation data as they draft a unified, long-term plan for forecasting the kind of solar storms that can wreak havoc on al...

Each new probe we launch into space follows a finely-tuned, predetermined trajectory that opens up a new avenue of understanding into our solar system and our universe. The results from each probe shapes the objectives o...

NASA announced today (Nov. 4) that it will be accepting applications starting in December for its next round of astronaut training.

Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut?

After 100 years, general relativity still stands strong.

Aviation officials say a solar storm knocked out the air traffic control systems in Sweden on Wednesday, prompting them to close the country's airspace for more than an hour.

An experimental rocket launch by the U.S. Air Force from Hawaii has failed after spiraling out of control within a minute of launch. The rocket was being tested as a way to send satellites into space at a much cheaper pr...

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features:

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered an adolescent protostar that is undergoing a rapid-fire succession of growth spurts. Evidence for this fitful youth is seen in a p...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center:

I was recently in Hawaii for Science Getaways, taking a bunch of like-minded science enthusiasts (OK, fine: nerds) to tour volcanoes, beaches, a coffee plantation, a seahorse farm, and lots more. It was fantastic. My wif...

NASA astronaut Anne McClain will be available for live satellite interviews to discuss astronaut recruiting and training from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST today from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event will air live ...