NASA to Provide Update on James Webb Space Telescope
by NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s James Webb Space …
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NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference
NASA experts will discuss and answer public questions about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE during a broadcast of NASA Science Live and follow up media teleconference …
NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support
NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure …
NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman
NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first …
New Technique May Give NASA’s Webb Telescope a Way to Quickly Identify Planets with Oxygen
Researchers may have found a way that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope can quickly identify nearby planets that could be promising for our search for …
NASA to Announce New Discoveries at Annual Astronomy Meeting
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics and other space science topics at the 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical …
NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration
NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies …
NASA to Discuss Planetary Protection Review’s Findings and Recommendations
NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss recommendations presented by the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB), …
NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather
NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions that could help us better understand the dynamic space weather system driven by the Sun …
NASA Selects Proposals to Further Study the Fundamental Nature of Space
NASA has selected two proposals for concept studies that could help us better understand the fundamental nature of space and how it changes in response …
NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space
For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere …
NASA InSight Lander ‘Hears’ Martian Winds
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first …
NASA Completes Webb Telescope Review, Commits to Launch in Early 2021
The Independent Review Board (IRB) established by NASA to assess progress on its James Webb Space Telescope has unanimously recommended that development on the world’s …
Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost
Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to …
NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Status of James Webb Space Telescope
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 27, to provide an update on the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope and …
NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new …
Exploring the Dangers of Space Radiation at NASA Langley
What they are and how they can be protected against will be discussed Tuesday, Feb. 6 at NASA’s Langley Research Center and again at the …
The Moon Shines Brightly Among NASA’s 2017 Highlights
The Moon became a key focus point for NASA in 2017, whether it was blocking out the Sun during one of the most-viewed events in …
An Orbital Dance May Help Preserve Oceans on Icy Worlds
Heat generated by the gravitational pull of moons formed from massive collisions could extend the lifetimes of liquid water oceans beneath the surface of large …
NASA Nobel Prize-winner to talk about the history of the universe
NASA Nobel Prize-winner to explain the history of the universe Source:: solar system
NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field
The moon no longer has a magnetic field, but NASA scientists are publishing new research that shows heat from crystallization of the lunar core may …
NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Exploration Research
In an effort to advance basic and applied research for lunar and planetary science, and advance human exploration of the solar system though scientific discovery, …
NASA Invites Media to Annual Exploration Science Forum, July 20-22
Media are invited to participate in a panel discussion with planetary scientists during the third annual Exploration Science Forum, July 20-22, 2016, hosted by NASA’s …