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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." Read more on wikipedia

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Jun 08, 2013 08:45 AM EDT

NASA Discovers Unmapped Wildfire Destroying Amazon Rainforest

NASA has revealed that unknown understory fires are destroying several times more Amazon rainforest than has been lost through deforestation in recent years.

Jun 08, 2013 08:04 AM EDT

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Discovers New Rock, Revealing Planet's Watery Past

NASA Mars rover Opportunity isn't just on the move, it's also discovered a clay-rich rock that hints to the fact that water existed on the Red Planet in the past.

concept of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission.

Jun 06, 2013 08:11 PM EDT

NASA Builds Sophisticated Earth-observing Microwave Radiometer

A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the pitfalls that have plagued similar Earth-observing instruments in the past.

Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.

Jun 05, 2013 05:19 PM EDT

Ion Drive Powered Dawn Spacecraft is Flying Through Asteroid Belt

Traveling from one alien world to another, Dawn is reliably powering its way through the main asteroid belt with its ion propulsion system.

Jun 05, 2013 01:26 PM EDT

Climate Change on Mars: NASA Rover Curiosity Discovers Evidence of Ancient Rivers

The Mars rover Curiosity may not have found evidence of life, but it's definitely found evidence of water on the Red Planet. NASA scientists have revealed that the rover has found evidence that rivers once ran across the surface of Mars that were between an inch to nearly three feet deep.

May 31, 2013 06:28 AM EDT

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Discovers Evidence for Ancient Streambed and Flowing Water

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has collected data and evidence that reveals an ancient streambed on Mars. The findings could hint at the possibility of life on the Red Planet in the past.

May 30, 2013 08:01 AM EDT

NASA WISE Mission Discovers New Asteroid Families Between Mars and Jupiter

In the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, families of asteroids spin through space. Now, researchers have used NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to make some new finds about these objects.

Dione's activity have recently come from Cassini, which has been exploring the Saturn system

May 29, 2013 11:57 PM EDT

Hints of Activity on Saturn Moon Dione

From a distance, most of the Saturnian moon Dione resembles a bland cue ball. Thanks to close-up images of a 500-mile-long (800-kilometer-long) mountain on the moon from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have found more evidence for the idea that Dione was likely active in the past. It could sti...

May 28, 2013 11:33 AM EDT

Watch Nine Months of Mars Rover Curiosity's Trek in One Minute (Video)

NASA Mars rover Curiosity has been trekking across the Red Planet since August. Now, you can see almost the entirety of the rover's mission in just over a minute on a time-lapse video.

May 23, 2013 02:37 PM EDT

NASA's Chandra Discovers Exotic Neutron Stars: Magnetars Not so Rare

Exotic neutron stars, magnetars were once thought to be relatively rare. Now, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other satellites have revealed that magnetars may be far more diverse and common than previously believed.

May 23, 2013 01:54 PM EDT

Ring Nebula's True Form Revealed in Image from NASA's Hubble Telescope

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a new image of the Ring Nebula that shows the old, dying star's true shape.

May 22, 2013 12:08 PM EDT

NASA Captures Image of Storm System that Spawned Oklahoma Tornado (Video)

NASA has released an image of the massive storm system that spawned the mile-wide tornado that slammed into Moore, Oklahoma. The system moved over the south central United States and was captured by various satellites in the area.