Sources: CNN
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars finds a rock containing spotted features which are possible fossilized records of microbes, though non-biological processes cannot yet be ruled out. 2024-07-25
In a news release published by NASA, it is revealed that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered traces of water on the exoplanet WASP-18b, which has a mass equal to 10 Jupiters. 2023-05-31
NASA releases the first full-color image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing a segment of a galaxy cluster 4.6 billion light-years away from Earth. 2022-07-11
Peggy Whitson, commander of the International Space Station (ISS), breaks the record for most total days spent in space by any NASA astronaut, at more than 534 days. 2017-04-24
U.S. Congress passes a bill that mandates NASA send humans to Mars by 2033. 2017-03-8
NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers state that 2014 is the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880. 2015-01-16
NASA holds a media conference to announce new discoveries about Mars made by the Curiosity rover. It was found that the planet could have once supported life. 2013-03-12
A pinch of fine sand and dust became the first solid Martian sample deposited into the Sample Analysis at Mars, the biggest instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The sample came from the patch of windblown material called Rocknest, which had provided a sample previously for mineralogical analysis by CheMin instrument. 2012-11-13
The decommissioned NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere without incident, after more than 20 years in orbit. 2011-09-24
NASA scientists discover that Titan, one of Saturn's moons, has the necessary atmosphere to support life. 2010-06-6