Dec 23, 2011 by News Staff

An international team of astrophysicists has discovered the ruins of a planetary system consisting of the cores of two former giant planets orbiting around...

Dec 22, 2011 by News Staff

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has obtained the first images of Vesta from its low-altitude orbit, according to the mission’s website. The images show...

Nov 15, 2011 by News Staff

Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft, according to a press release from NASA’s...

Sep 7, 2011 by News Staff

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the sharpest images of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites ever taken from space. Images show the...

Aug 25, 2011 by News Staff

NASA has selected three proposals as Technology Demonstration Missions to transform space communications, deep space navigation and in-space propulsion...

Aug 25, 2011 by News Staff

Scientists using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies, with temperatures...

Aug 12, 2011 by News Staff

A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The object, aptly named the Necklace Nebula, is a recently discovered...

Aug 10, 2011 by News Staff

After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks...