Sources: The Guardian
NASA selects Jezero crater on Mars as the landing site for the Mars 2020 rover. The crater was once a large lake and may hold evidence of ancient life. 2018-11-19
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory confirms earlier observations by Indian Space Research Organisation's Astrosat space observatory of a rotating black hole in the binary star system 4U1630-47, which is spinning close to the speed of light, one of the fastest ever observed. 2018-11-8
In data collected by NASA's "Juno" spacecraft, an INAF team discovers suggestions of a new volcano close to the south pole of Jupiter's moon Io. 2018-07-14
SpaceX's scheduled launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is delayed until April 18. TESS is designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method and is 400 times more powerful than the "Kepler" space observatory. 2018-04-16
Results of the Juno mission are announced by NASA researchers, revealing new and unexpected information concerning Jupiter's poles, meteorology, and magnetic and gravitational fields. 2017-05-25
NASA's "Juno" spacecraft reaches Jupiter and enters into its orbit after a five-year flight. 2016-07-5
NASA projects that 2016 will have the warmest global temperature average on record. This year would be the third record-breaking year in a row. Per NOAA annals, April marked the 12th record warmest month in a row. 2016-05-22
NASA reports the discovery of Kepler-37b, the smallest exoplanet yet known. 2013-02-20
NASA's Kepler space telescope is placed in a precautionary 10-day safe mode after engineers noticed a problem with the instrument's orientation mechanism. 2013-01-21
NASA reschedules the final mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for Monday. 2011-05-9