NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science@NASA Web Site
Follow this link to skip to the main content
+ NASA Home
+ Search NASA Web
+ Pagina en Español
+ Contact NASA



Go
HEADLINE NEWS SATELLITE TRACKING ABOUT MAILING LISTS STORY ARCHIVES OTHER LANGUAGES

+ Home
Science@NASA Headline News
SPACE SCIENCE
ASTRONOMY
LIVING IN SPACE
EARTH SCIENCE
PHYSICAL & BIO SCIENCES
BEYOND ROCKETRY
SUBSCRIBE to NASA e-mail updates
Go 
enter your email
Astronomy Banner
HEADLINE STORIES
  The planet Saturn is doing something rare and beautiful this holiday season. Find out what in today
Saturn's Crazy Christmas Tilt
The planet Saturn is doing something rare and beautiful this holiday season. Find out what in today's story from Science@NASA.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  From humble beginnings in a Utah beryllium mine to the most advanced laboratories in the world, the
The Incredible Journey of the JWST
From humble beginnings in a Utah beryllium mine to the most advanced laboratories in the world, the mirrors of NASA's next great observatory are taking an incredible journey to space.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  This Friday's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of the year.
Biggest Full Moon of the Year
This Friday's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of the year. It is a 'perigee Moon' as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2008.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  Astronomers from Caltech and NASA are predicting a near-storm of Leonids in 2009 based on a surprisi
Return of the Leonids
Astronomers from NASA and Caltech are predicting a near-storm of Leonids in 2009 based on a surprising outburst of meteors just two weeks ago.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  Venus and Jupiter are converging for a spectacular three-way conjunction with the crescent Moon--a r
Spectacular Conjunction
Venus and Jupiter are converging for a spectacular three-way conjunction with the crescent Moon--a rare gathering some are calling 'the sky show of the year.' Today's story tells when and where to look.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling anothe
Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The planet, called 'Fomalhaut b', orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years from Earth.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
Astronomy Links
RECENT STORIES
  Halloween Sky Show
The planets are gathering for spooky sunset sky show on Oct. 31st. Read today's story to find out where to look.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  Discovered: A New Kind of Pulsar
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a new kind of pulsar that hints at a previously unsuspected population of stars waiting to be found in the Milky Way.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
  Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make 'unbelievably large' telescopes on the Moon.
+ Read More
+ Listen to Story
+ en español
 
+ Privacy and Accessibility
+ General copyright notice
+ More Science@NASA Stories




USAGov

NASA
Curator: John M. Horack
Last Updated: December 22, 2008
+ Contact NASA
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration