Science

Study Finds Ancient Warming Greened Antarctica

A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation -- including stunted trees -- along the edges of the frozen...

Compact Blue Dwarf Can’t Hide from Hubble

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this view of the dwarf galaxy UGC 5497, which...

NASA Releases Workshop Data and Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5

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Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in...

China launches manned spacecraft with first woman astronaut

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Japan plans new atomic regulator by September

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First Flight Instrument Delivered For James Webb Space Telescope

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The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA.

Trial by vacuum brings next Galileo satellites closer to launch

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The next two Galileo navigation satellites have now endured the harsh vacuum and temperature extremes...

A Trick of Perspective — Chance Alignment Mimics a Cosmic Collision

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a highly detailed image of a pair of overlapping galaxies called NGC 3314...