NASA tests its foam fire suppression system in their Research Aircraft Integration Facility. ...

With the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected a planet that is orbiting two dwarf stars. According to a recent NASA news release, the and the planet orbits them about 300 million miles awayin the system OGLE-2007-BLG-349, located 8,000 light-years away towards the center of our galaxy. According to NASA, a full orbit around the pair is estimated to take about seven years to complete. The system was first spotted in 2007 by an international team of...

NASA has a department whose job it is to protect against alien contamination. ...

Photo of an almost new moon. A misconception is that a new moon has a sliver of light shining. Technically, the new moon is one that is completely darkened by the shadow of the Earth as it passes between the moon and sun every 29.53 days. (Mark Garlick Words and Pictures Ltd/Getty Images) At a Glance Stargazers in the Western Hemisphere will be treated to a Black Moon on Friday.A Black Moon is a second new moon in a single...

It’s small, it’s hot, and it’s shrinking. Surprising new NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. (NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington/USGS/Arizona State University) At a Glance NASA researchers discovered that Mercury is tectonically active and shrinking.The scientists discovered scarps small enough that they believe they are still geologically young, meaning Mercury is still contracting. Mercury already holds the title as the smallest planet in our solar system, but a new study reveals...

NASA announced Monday that the Hubble Telescope may have seen Jupiter’s moon Europa spouting vapor plumes. ...

At a Glance The announcement of a 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, caused a stir on social media.NASA says it has not altered the zodiac signs, but has simply calculated the math of the Babylonians. This month, NASA threw many people’s routine of checking their horoscope for a loop when it came out that there was a 13th zodiac sign. However, it turns out that a little confusion spiraled into a star-crossed mess. According to Quartz, the furor began when a...

Despite an earlier report, NASA hasn’t changed the signs of the zodiac. ...

The image above shows a wide view of when the water level of the Cedar River measured just over 20 feet, which is 8 feet above flood stage, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (NASA) At a Glance Images from NASA's Earth Observatory show Iowa's unseasonal flooding from space.The Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, crested to its second-highest level on record. Earlier this month, heavy rainfall pummeled parts of the Midwest, triggering floods that inundated homes, washed out roads and caused...

After the successful testing of his company's Raptor rocket engine, SpaceX founder Elon Musk's vision of 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to Mars within the next century is coming to fruition. Tuesday, Musk outlined his plans to establish a self-sustaining city on the Red Planet, complete with iron foundries and even pizzerias. He wants humans to become a multi-planetary species and says the best way to do that is to colonize Mars. "I think Earth will be a good...

After more than two years, the historic Rosetta probe mission has come to an end after the probe made a controlled impact onto Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. “,” ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Wörner said in a release. “Today we celebrate the success of a game-changing mission, one that has surpassed all our dreams and expectations, and one that continues ESA’s legacy of 'firsts' at comets.” The mission’s end was confirmed early Friday morning when Rosetta’s signal was lost upon impact, according to...

The Rosetta spacecraft’s final mission was a suicide mission. After orbiting comet 67P for the past two years, it crash landed into the comet in spectacular fashion. ...