Project News

NASA Announces 1,235 Planet Candidates, Some in Habitable Zone, and a 6-Planet System

Kepler • February 1st, 2011

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's...

Runaway Star Plows Through Space

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • January 24th, 2011

A massive star flung away from its former companion is plowing through space dust. The result is a brilliant bow shock, seen in a new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared...

Partner Galaxies Wildly Different In New WISE Image

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • January 13th, 2011

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky...

Planck Mission Peels Back Layers of the Universe

Planck • January 11th, 2011

The Planck mission released a new data catalogue Tuesday from initial maps of the entire sky.

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet

Kepler • January 10th, 2011

NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered...

Planck Takes It All In

Planck • July 6th, 2010

A new image from the Planck mission shows what it's been up to for the past year -- surveying the entire sky for clues to our universal origins.

Planck Sees a Cold and Stormy Orion

Planck • April 26th, 2010

The big hunter in the sky is seen in a new light by Planck, a European Space Agency mission with significant NASA participation.

Planck Mission Images Galactic Web of Cold Dust

Planck • March 17th, 2010

Tendrils of the coldest stuff in our galaxy can be seen in a new, large image from Planck, a mission surveying the whole sky to learn more about the birth of our universe.

Planck Snaps its First Images of Ancient Cosmic Light

Planck • September 17th, 2009

The Planck mission has captured its first rough images of the sky, demonstrating the observatory is working and ready to measure light from the dawn of time.