A NASA astrobiologist published a paper this past Friday in the Journal of Cosmology stating that he has discovered fossilized remains of extraterrestrial microorganisms inside of a meteorite. Dr. Richard B. Hover, under sterile conditions, split open several meteorites and studied them with an electron microscope. What he found was evidence of several fossils of bacteria that were similar to that... 

NASA’s Glory satellite failed to reach orbit after its launch on Friday. The Glory satellite was designed to assist scientists in the observation and study of how the Sun, solar radiation, and aerosols (particles of matter in the Earths atmosphere) affect the climate of the Earth. This is the ninth time the Taurus XL rocket has been used to launch a satellite into orbit; it is the third time it... 

The space shuttle Discovery made its final stop at the International Space Station on Saturday. The shuttle is going to be moved to a museum where it will retire from going up into space. This particular shuttle should have actually finished its route back in early November, however, a crack in the fuel tank forced the shuttle to stay on course and have it fixed before retiring completely. Before... 

Discovery’s Last Launch Is Set For Thursday NASA says that the weather conditions at Cape Canaveral are perfect and there is an 80 percent chance that the Space Shuttle Discovery will launch for the last time and will take place at the Kennedy Space Center. This will be the 39th mission for the Space Shuttle Discovery which makes it the most traveled space craft in history. Liftoff is tentatively... 

Apophis, a 900 foot asteroid, may pose a real threat to Earth in April 2036. While this asteroid has come close to earth before and will again in December of 2012, the April 2036 date presents the greatest risk. At that time Apophis will come closer to earth than many of the satellites that are currently in orbit. NASA has stated that there is a 1 in 250,000 chance that the asteroid could hit the... 

NASA can now send you into outer space for free! Have you ever wanted to go to outer space? Were you the kid that wanted to be an astronaut as a child but just didn’t quite make it? Well NASA has finally found a way to get you there. NASA has made it quite simple actually. Just visit faceinspace.nasa.gov. and upload a photo of your face and attach your name. Your face will then be up in space... 

President Obama announced a new mission for NASA on Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Cape Canaveral is the home of America’s space exploration program. President Obama instructed NASA to land an astronaut on Mars by the year 2035. The president answered the charges of his critics, that his administration was reducing its support for manned space flights, by assuring... 

A crowd of over 40,000 spectators including current and former astronauts watched Atlantis lift off for its 32nd and last scheduled mission into orbit on Friday, May 14. After Atlantis’ return, only two more shuttle missions are planned. Shuttles Discovery and Endeavor will fly out later this year and then the 30 year old shuttle program will end. Commander Kenneth Ham will guide Atlantis and... 

Approximately 17,000 light years away, located in the southern constellation Circinus, is a young rotating pulsar that looks remarkably like a human hand. An image of the pulsar and its surrounding nebula has been captured by Harvard’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The pulsar has been named PSR B 1509-58. Some are calling it the hand of God. A pulsar is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that... 

As NASA’s Mars rover, named Opportunity, hit a major milestone it also discovered something unusual on the Red Planet. During the past six weeks, the rover has been studying a crater which is about 33 feet in diameter. The crater, named Concepción, has been one of interest because when it is seen from orbit it casts dark rays. Scientists suggest that the crater is young. During the study of...