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New NASA App 2.0 Released for iPhone, iPod Touch

NASA released Monday an updated version of the free NASA App for iPhone and iPod touch. The NASA App 2.0 includes several new features and a ...

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NASA Ames Helps Re-enter the Dragon

Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed by Ames' engineers has garnered the respect of government and commercial entities.

The artist's concept depicts a comet-like tail of a possible disintegrating super Mercury-size planet candidate as it transits its parent star named KIC 12557548. At an orbital distance of only twice the diameter of its star, the surface temperature of the potential planet is estimated to be a swelt

NASA’s Kepler Detects Potential Evaporating Planet ...

Astronomers may have detected evidence of a possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its host star located 1,500 light-years from ...

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Kepler Mission Manager Update

April was a momentous time for the mission! The team received approval for a mission extension through fiscal year 2016.

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Meteorite Discovery Spurs Hunt For More Pieces

05.10.12 - Meteorite fragments were recently found that could hold answers to unsolved mysteries about our solar system and the origins of molecules necessary for life.
NASA Asks Public to Provide Videos and Photos of Meteor

04.25.12 - NASA and the SETI Institute are asking the public to help find footage of the meteor that created sonic booms over a wide area April 22, 2012.
Scientists Find History of Asteroid Impacts in Rocks

04.25.12 - Research concludes giant asteroids hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously thought.
NASA’s Ultragreen Building Awarded Leed Platinum

04.19.12 - NASA's new ultragreen facility, Sustainability Base, received the highest level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
NASA's SOFIA Featured In The Astrophysical Journal

04.19.12 - The Astrophysical Journal will issue a special edition of its Letters volume on April 20 with papers about observations made with NASA's SOFIA airborne telescope.
NASA’s Latest Mission on Earth

04.19.12 - NASA leading the way to a better quality of life on Earth - Sustainability Base, designed in harmony with its environment, is a highly intelligent and intuitive new building.
NASA Selects Science Instrument Upgrade for Flying Observatory

04.17.12 - NASA has selected a science instrument upgrade to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne observatory.
NASA Showcases Method To Grow Algae-Based Biofuels

04.17.12 - NASA showcased the latest research on a method to grow algae, clean wastewater, capture carbon dioxide and ultimately produce feedstock for refining biofuels.
NASA, Library of Congress Select First Astrobiology Chair

04.16.12 - NASA and the Library of Congress have announced the selection of David H. Grinspoon to be the first Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.
NASA Invites Media To Tour Wastewater Biofuels Project

04.11.12 - Reporters are invited to attend a one-hour guided tour of NASA’s Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae (OMEGA) system on April 17, 2012.