While waiting for high-energy outbursts and cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is monitoring Comet Lulin as it closes on Earth. For the first time, astronomers are seeing simultaneous ultraviolet and X-ray images of a comet.

The Era of Transparency is coming to NASA. That’s the moniker by which people hope the 21st century is eventually remembered. Seemingly within moments of taking office, President Barack Obama released an executive memorandum, stating that his administration would be “committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness… [which] will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency.”

Besides the International Space Station (ISS) and satellites, there are thousands of objects orbiting the earth, so you had to expect some sort of devastating collision sometime. Perhaps not between two satellites, though: an Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite.

A team competing for a NASA-backed one million dollar grand prize achieves first lift off with an innovative, light-weight lunar lander.

A team of NASA-funded scientists, including two from UC Santa Barbara, have discovered cosmic radio noise that they find completely unexpected and exciting.

Listening to the early universe just got harder. A team led by Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., today announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise that booms six times louder than expected.

On Tuesday, NASA released another report on the Columbia space shuttle disaster. The report, "Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report," was graphic in its conclusions on the disaster, which occurred Feb. 1st, 2003 during re-entry.

A key question is, how did the ice get there in the first place? The tilt of Mars' spin axis sometimes gets much greater than it is now. Climate modeling tells us ice sheets could cover mid-latitude regions of Mars during those high-tilt periods. The buried glaciers make sense as preserved fragments from an ice age millions of years ago. On Earth, such buried glacial ice in Antarctica preserves the record of traces of ancient organisms and past climate history."

The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was successful as the space shuttle launched toward the skies preparing our home in the International Space Station.

There is no need to look for the schedule of the Shuttle launch 2008. It's this evening and so close. If you are interested in seeing it, the Shuttle launch viewing can be done by visiting www.nasa.gov. The viewing of Shuttle launch is is live on NASA's website.

Astronomers for the first time have taken snapshots of a multi-planet solar system, much like ours, orbiting another star.

Goodbye Phoenix Mars Lander. May be we will see you on Mars somewhere when we get there ourselves. You did a great job sending wonderful images of Mars and letting the humanity know more about the red planet. NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months.