Most Quasars Live on Snacks, Not Large Meals

Black holes in the early universe needed a few snacks rather than one giant meal to fuel their quasars and help...
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

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

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
Japan plans new atomic regulator by September
First Flight Instrument Delivered For James Webb Space Telescope

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

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