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Peggy Whitson, niece of Les Rauch of Denison and the late Cela Rauch, became the chief of astronaut office, the most senior astronaut position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in October. She became the first woman to hold the position and the first chief who does not have military background.
In 1990 the NASA spacecraft Voyager 1, careening across the solar system on its way to becoming the most distant human-made object in space, took a glimpse back at the planet it had left 13 years earlier. Six billion kilometers away, Earth was barely distinguishable against the backdrop of space--a "pale blue dot," as astronomer Carl Sagan would famously dub it. [More]
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object -- either a neutron star or a black hole -- that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into space at more than half the speed of light.
A cluster of ancient stars is likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its early days, scientists now find.
Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth.Johnson provides the voice of space explorer Chuck Baker in the new Sony family film "Planet 51" and is featured in a series of new public service ...
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Today's subject comes from a question asked during the "Reach for the Stars" program I presented last Saturday at Cerrillos Hills State Park. How do we know that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy?
A TV space hit of the future could be 2020 Rock. That's the rough target date NASA and space industry folks are eying for a mission to send astronauts to a Near Earth Object, aka an asteroid.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new dad in space, shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik, said today he had no problems focusing on his job while awaiting his daughter’s birth. Abigail Mae Bresnik was born late Saturday, just hours after his first spacewalk.
Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth.
Star Trek Online's new trailer for Yahoo Games is here! Check out the new combat and command post scenes after the jump.
Our understanding of space and the objects in it has grown rapidly over the last 50 years. But it's important to remember that each illuminating mission first takes years to prepare and then takes years of space travel, as probes fly to distant parts of the solar system. Our latest Transparency is a look at all the missions NASA has sent past Earth orbit, for which it now watches and waits for ...
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