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NASA Releases Stunning High Resolution Blue Marble Image of Earth
NASA has shared a stunning new high resolution Blue Marble image of the Earth. (January 25, 2012)

Comet Burns Up as it Flies Too Close to the Sun
An icy comet was captured by SOHO's LASCO C2 camera as it flew too close to the sun and evaporated. (January 20, 2012)

NASA: Re-thinking Alien World 55 Cancri-e
NASA created this video to show how the discovery that a super-Earth named "55 Cancri e" is wetter and weirder than astronomers thought has researchers re-thinking the nature of alien worlds. (January 7, 2012)

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Presents Cosmic Wreath Nebula
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey captured this image of a nebula nicknamed the "Wreath Nebula. (December 23, 2011)

NASA Launches Atlas V Rocket to Mars Today
Today NASA launched the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (November 26, 2011)

NASA Discovers Giant Crack in Antarctic Glacier, New Iceberg Size of New York City Forming
While flying over Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier in a DC-8 research plane on October 14, 2011, scientists made a startling discovery. (November 5, 2011)

NASA Video Shows Ten Years of Earth's Wildfires Using Satellite Data
NASA released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002. (October 27, 2011)

NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of the Earth earlier this week. (October 20, 2011)

Crashing UARS Satellite Possibly Headed for the United States
Update 9-24-11: NASA says its satellite "penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. (September 23, 2011)

NASA Unveils Space Launch System
NASA today announced development of the Space Launch System (SLS) -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will help take human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. (September 14, 2011)

NASA Launches Twin Spacecraft to Moon for GRAIL Mission
NASA launched a pair of spacecraft to the moon today on a mission to study lunar gravity. (September 10, 2011)

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Takes Close-up Image of Vesta Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this amazing image of the asteroid Vesta on July 24, 2011. (August 1, 2011)

Final Atlantis Landing Brings End to NASA's Space Shuttle Era
NASA's amazing 30-year-long Space Shuttle era came to an end early this morning with the final landing of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (July 21, 2011)

NASA Shares First Images of Giant Asteroid Vesta's Surface
This video from NASA shows surface details beginning to resolve as NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta. (June 13, 2011)

NASA to Launch Mission to Asteroid in 2016, Robotic Arm Will Pluck Samples From Asteroid
NASA has announced plans to launch a spacecraft to an asteroid in 2016. (May 25, 2011)

NASA Discovers New Mineral, Wassonite, in Meteorite
NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan recently announced they have found a new mineral named "Wassonite" in a meteorite recovered in Antarctica in December 1969. (April 14, 2011)

NASA Kennedy Space Center Employees Created a Human Space Shuttle
NASA Kennedy Space Center employees created a human space shuttle on March 22nd to honor the Space Shuttle Program's 30-year legacy and the people who contribute to safely processing, launching and landing the vehicle. (April 3, 2011)

February 2011 U.S. Blizzard from Space
Here is a satellite photograph of the February 2011 blizzard in the U.S. (February 4, 2011)

NASA: 2012 is the Most Absurd Science Fiction Film Ever Made
NASA has named Roland Emmerich's disaster film, 2012, as the most absurd sci-fi film ever made. (January 4, 2011)

Video: NASA's ATHLETE Robot Dancing
Engineers at NASA created this video that shows its All-Terrain, Hex-Limbed, Extra-Terrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE) dancing. (August 17, 2010)

NASA Releases Restored Video of Apollo 11 Moonwalk Broadcast
NASA has released newly restored video of the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. (July 16, 2009)

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Claims Alien Cover-up
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Phoenix Lander Discovers Ice, Salt or Something Else?
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander may be on the verge of a big discovery. (June 17, 2008)

NASA Can't Afford Killer Asteroid Hunt
The Associated Press is reporting that NASA does not have the $1 billion in its budget to track down killer asteroids that might cause us harm. (March 12, 2007)

NASA No Longer Protecting the Planet?
The New York Times recently reported that NASA's mission statement has been changed to delete the phrase "to understand and protect our home planet. (August 1, 2006)