Two planets slightly smaller than Saturn have been discovered orbiting a distant star, a first for NASA's Kepler space telescope, whose mission is to look for signs of planets passing in front of stars, the space agency said Thursday.
An official confirms that water was discovered on the moon as a result of NASA's testing.
NASA said Friday it had discovered water on the moon, opening "a new chapter" that could allow for the development of a lunar space station.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky early Friday when Dave Samuels trained his telescopes at the moon, hoping to catch a glimpse of a NASA rocket striking the lunar landscape.
1. NASA's Ames Research Center -- This Silicon Valley-based complex is ground zero for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, which climaxes with Friday's lunar crashes. Officials invited the public to spend the night outdoors at the center to watch the crashes occur shortly after 4:30 a.m. California time. Ames staffers' enthusiasm for the LCROSS mission is evident in their breathless tweets, which are full of exclamation points!
The U.S. space agency NASA will launch its first ever mission Friday to find Earth-like planets in our region of the Milky Way.
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As the space agency passes the half-century mark, a look back at its genesis
Google Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are reportedly paying $1.3 million a year so their Boeing 767 plane can take off, land and park at a NASA-managed airport located just a few minutes away from the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.
The ghosts of Challenger and Columbia notwithstanding, NASA's top mission manager decides the gouged shuttle Endeavour can withstand re-entry without repair
For too many of us, sleep is something to do when we're not doing something else.
The Mars Spirit rover has reached a milestone moment in its exploration of the Red Planet.
Discovery astronauts do not need to perform another repair to the shuttle's exterior, NASA engineers decided Thursday.
NASA engineers are expected to decide today if Discovery astronauts need to perform another repair to the shuttle's exterior.
After Discovery astronaut Steve Robinson completed an unprecedented repair of a space shuttle in orbit Wednesday, NASA pondered the possibility of another threat.
Keeping tabs on your body is always good advice, regardless if you're floating aboard the International Space Station or simply recovering from a medical procedure with feet planted firmly on the Earth. For most people, that usually means routine checkups at the doctor's office, but astronauts don't have such luxury in Earth orbit.
Computer software developed in California's Silicon Valley, as well as autonomous robotic assistants, may prove indispensable to future astronauts charged with the monumental job of exploring an entire planet.
NASA's Opportunity rover sent back new images from Mars showing that small spheres previously found on the surface also exist below, in a trench the rover dug. Hints of salty water were also found in the trench, but much more analysis is needed to learn the true composition.
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