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Asteroids were once viewed as the vermin of the sky, disrupting astronomical observations by leaving streaks on long-exposure photographic plates used to take pictures of the stars. How times have changed. These remnants...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured imagery of the hole over the course of several days in May 2016. "High speed solar wind streams into space" from these open areas, according to NASA.

A massive "hole" on the surface of the sun was spotted by NASA telescopes on May 17. Coronal holes produce strong solar winds that can cause problems for satellite communications.

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features:

New Horizons:

Media are invited to view and photograph Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft, packed with cargo for the International Space Station, at 10:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virg...

NASA has selected Blue Origin, LLC, in Van Horn, Texas, to integrate and fly technology payloads near the boundary of space on their New Shepard suborbital spacecraft in support of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots....

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

This Fourth of July, NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. News briefings, photo opportunities and other media events will be held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborat...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Astronomers using the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico have produced the most detailed radio map yet of the atmosphere of Jupiter, revealing the massive movement of ammonia gas that underlies the co...

An international study, in which Spain's National Research Council (CSIC) participates, reveals that asteroids have endured a multitude of impact strikes since their formation 4,565 million years ago. Scientists have rec...

An expert in meteorites says a bright flashing light and loud boom over the skies in metro Phoenix looks like a single meteor burning up as it entered the Earth's atmosphere at thousands of miles per hour.

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected.

"This surprising finding may be an important clue to understanding those mysterious parts of the Universe that make up 95 percent of everything and don't emit light, such as dark energy, dark matter, and dark radiation,"...

To the surprise of no one, Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is continuing his unfounded attack on science, ratcheting it up even higher than before. This time, he's trying to tie up the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The good...

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected.

Hubble Space Telescope News:

An international team of scientists has pushed the limits of radio astronomy to detect a faint signal emitted by hydrogen gas in a galaxy more than five billion light years away -- almost double the previous record.

"We are reaching the limits of how precisely we can test quantum theory on Earth," says Daniel Oi at the University of Strathclyde. Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of Strath...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: