Venus Weather Not Boring After All, NASA/International Study Shows
At first glance, a weather forecaster for Venus would have either a really easy or a really boring job, depending on your point of view.

Help NASA Find Life On Mars With MAPPER
Would you like to participate in NASA's analog research program? Now you can with MAPPER.

NASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth Asteroid
In a few years a NASA spacecraft will seek the building blocks of life in a shovelful of asteroid dirt. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is targeted for launch in September 2016.

Spaceships, Meteors and Moonlight
Bright moonlight streams through your window. A nugget of space debris disintegrates in a sparkling fireball. A huge spaceship glides silently overhead. Any one of these events might be enough to get you out of bed, but all three are going to happen.

NASA Researchers: DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space.

What Lies Inside Jupiter?
The goal of the Juno mission is to answer the question: " What lies inside Jupiter?"

Aerogels: Thinner, Lighter, Stronger
Although aerogels were first invented in the 1930s, NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has invented groundbreaking methods of creating new types of aerogels that could change the way we think about insulation.

Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?
From now until Dawn goes into orbit about Vesta every picture of the giant asteroid will be the best one ever taken. What will researchers do with this unprecedented clarity? Look for an asteroid moon.

Join NASA in Measuring an Asteroid
On July 3 at 11:05:30 p.m. EDT, 52 Europa will pass in front of star TYC 0292-00339-1. Here on Earth, astronomers can measure the exact length of time the star's light is blocked and use those calculations to help verify the size of 52 Europa.

The Long, Slow Clean-Up
The Genesis mission brought important new evidence to scientists working to understand how the solar system formed, but it also brought an unprecedented challenge.