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UA/Lockheed Martin-Built NIRCam to be Integrated with James Webb Space Telescope Hardware

An infrared camera designed with University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin know-how, which will form the heart of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has joined three other instruments at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to be mounted in the nascent telescope structure.

4 Feb 2014

Comet 2013 A1 Siding Spring Slated to Make a Close Pass by Mars

This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014.

30 Jan 2014

Green Bank Telescope Reveals River of Hydrogen Flowing Through Space

Using the National Science Foundation’s Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomer D.J. Pisano from West Virginia University has discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space. This very faint, very tenuous filament of gas is streaming into the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 and may help explain how certain spiral galaxies keep up their steady pace of star formation.

28 Jan 2014

James Webb Space Telescope Passes Spacecraft Critical Design Review Milestone

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 -- a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control systems.

27 Jan 2014

Herschel Telescope Helps Scientists Detect Water Vapor on Dwarf Planet

Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres.

23 Jan 2014

Gemini Planet Imager Commences Collection of Light from Distant Worlds

After nearly a decade of development, construction and testing, the world's most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets outside our solar system is now collecting light from distant worlds.

15 Jan 2014

Educators from 10 States Selected for SOFIA's Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Program

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, will become a flying classroom for teachers during research flights in the next few months.

10 Jan 2014

3-D Tactile Representations of Hubble Images Explored by People with Visual Impairments

Three-dimensional printers are transforming the business, medical, and consumer landscape by creating a vast variety of objects, including airplane parts, football cleats, lamps, jewelry, and even artificial human bones.

9 Jan 2014

Gemini Planet Imager Commences Collection of Light from Distant Worlds

After nearly a decade of development, construction and testing, the world's most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets around other stars is pointing skyward and collecting light from distant worlds.

8 Jan 2014