A global view of the Asteroid Itokawa, with white box showing region where the Hayabusa spacecraft landed to collect samples. Photo courtesy Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science. by Staff Writers Pasadena CA

Since 2005, NASA has conducted 20 Centennial Challenges in six areas and awarded $4.5 million to 13 teams. Each challenge is managed by non-profit organizations in partnership with NASA. by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2010 NASA's pioneering

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RF12 will go by at 5:12 p.m. STORY HIGHLIGHTS First object safely zips past Earth at 5:51 a.m. ET Objects will be visible as tiny specks with help of moderately sized amateur telescopes Space experts say close encounters demonstrate need for better

Zoom, zoom: Today two asteroids make close flybys of the Earth, passing inside the orbit of the moon. We’re in no danger, NASA says, but these close passes are a reminder that the United States and the world need to figure out how we’re going to

NASA/JPL plot of asteroids' paths These ones probably won’t hit, but they show that so-called Near Earth Objects could collide with our planet at any time with precious little warning. From ABC News: Today is not a good day for the anxious among us.

An asteroid has barely missed earth, and there is another one coming within 49,088 miles of Earth. It is a significant discovery to find two objects pass so close to Earth in one day. An asteroid barely missed the earth at 5:51 a.m. on Wednesday. Space

Pasadena, California: NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.The asteroids were discovered Sunday by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. introduces two new sizes of Thermo Scientific MSC-Advantage biological safety cabinets. Expanding on the existing range of energy efficient Thermo Scientific Class II biological safety cabinets, the 0.9 meter and 1.5 meter

Astronomers believe that telescopic tech is getting so good, that we’ll soon be able to detect the volcanic eruptions of planets that lie outside our solar system using the James Webb Space Telescope, which could also detect oceans on exoplanets. The

Two asteroids sped toward Earth but just missed humanity's home planet by what amounts to a cosmic hair's breadth early Wednesday morning, NASA said. The asteroids, both measuring several meters in diameter but otherwise unrelated, passed between the

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WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property transactions, such as patent brokering, to help transfer NASA-owned technologies into the U.S. marketplace.

PASADENA, CALIF. -- Two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth today, NASA said, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope. The asteroids were discovered Sunday by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property transactions, such as patent brokering, to help transfer NASA-owned technologies

Both asteroids, whose predicted paths are shown here, should be visible with medium-sized amateur telescopes, NASA says. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) One transport truck-sized asteroid passed the Earth Wednesday morning and another will soar by in the afternoon,

WASHINGTON: A rare spectacular celestial site awaits sky gazers today when two asteroids will zip past the Earth within a short span of each other. The asteroids will be visible with moderate-sized amateur telescopes and will be at a distance from the

This remarkable image shows one of the most perfect geometrical forms created in space. It captures the formation of an unusual nebula swirling around the star in the constellation of Pegasus, more than 3,000 light years away. The picture was taken by

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