NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program and aeronautics and space research.
It was established in 1958. NASA’s Headquarters is in Washington, D.C.
Since its establishment, most U.S. space exploration efforts have been led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle.
Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole leaks gas
This is further evidence that the black hole is not a sleeping monster.
Cosmic Spider, a mysterious source of gamma rays, has been found
Using the 4.1-meter SOAR Telescope in Chile, astronomers have discovered the first example of a binary system where a star in the process of...
NASA’s DART returns first images from space
With its single eye, NASA’s DART returns the first images from space.
ESO telescopes help uncover largest group of rogue planets yet
Rogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft recorded the sound of Jupiter’s moon
An audio track collected during Jupiter's mission’s Ganymede flyby offers a dramatic ride-along.
Fossil spiral arms found in Milky Way
Astronomers were creating a new map of the Milky Way’s outer disc.
A new 3D real-time visualization tool reveals our near-Earth object neighborhood
Watch all the known near-Earth asteroids and comets in real-time as they orbit the Sun.
Software for aerobots to explore Venus
Engineers to create software for aerobots to explore Venus.
Traces of blowtorch like jet Near Milky way’s Supermassive black hole
There is a leak in our Milky way's central black hole.
NASA’s first mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection using a kinetic impactor
DART will test kinetic impactor technology by targeting a double asteroid that is not on a path to collide with Earth