NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered
May 10, 2016
RELEASE 16-051
NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date.
“This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler,” said Ellen Stofan,...
When You Reply to Spam… This Happens [VIDEO]
We have all been schooled to ignore spam email. Don’t open it. Don’t click the attachments. Never reply to it. It will only bring you trouble. We all accept that as fact. But….
Are there...
NASA to Announce Latest Kepler Discoveries During Media Teleconference
NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 10 to announce the latest discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope.
The briefing participants are:
Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division...
NASA Makes Dozens of Patents Available in Public Domain to Benefit U.S. Industry
NASA has released 56 formerly-patented agency technologies into the public domain, making its government-developed technologies freely available for unrestricted commercial use. In addition to the release of these technologies, a searchable database now is...
NASA TV to Broadcast Dragon Departure from International Space Station
After delivering almost 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, including the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to leave the orbital laboratory with valuable science...
The End of Physics?
Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does so much interesting stuff exist in the universe?
Particle physicist Harry Cliff works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and he has some potentially bad...
Students Show Off Their Coding Know-How at Samsung Developer Conference
Student developers will stand alongside professionals at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco today. The students, chosen from the five winners of the 2015 Samsung Mobile App Academy, made apps to address issues in their local...
NASA Works to Improve Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Exploration
NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that will significantly advance the nation's commercial space capabilities, and enable deep space exploration missions, including...
NASA’s ‘Spaceport of the Future’ Reaches Another Milestone
NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch...
The BEST TOUR of the International Space Station
Published on Dec 24, 2014
This NASA video documentary depicts a tour of the International Space Station This tour video from inside the international Space Station with astronaut Suni Williams give you all the facts...
Figuring Out When “That” Happened
Let's say you're trying to pinpoint when a particular past event occurred, but your best possible estimate puts it only within a span of 10,000 years. Now imagine if something could shrink that window...
Ultra High Definition (4K) View of Planet Earth
NASA monitors Earth's vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of satellites and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns. The International Space Station hosts a variety of payloads and experiments supporting...