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An artist's concept of the laser transmission. Image: NASA.

NASA In Brief -- Scientists use laser to transmit message (video)

06/06/2014 - 20:00

You can almost hear someone saying, "Set lasers on stun."

Artist's concept of ISEE-3 (ICE). Image: NASA.

NASA In Brief -- Citizen scientists to attempt control of spacecraft

05/20/2014 - 20:00

When Jimmy Carter was president, NASA launched a spacecraft tasked with studying solar wind. It's still out there. Now, a group of citizen scientists want to contact the 36-year-old spacecraft -- and NASA is going to let them try.

NASA In Brief -- Astronomers find evidence of new planets

04/24/2014 - 20:00

ASTRONOMERS MAKE FIND IN ARCHIVE: Astronomers examining images from the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered evidence of newly formed planets.

An artist's concept of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft preparing to take a sample from asteroid Bennu. Image: NASA.

NASA In Brief -- Asteroid mission spacecraft gets go-ahead

04/10/2014 - 05:00

GO-AHEAD FOR ASTEROID MISSION SPACECRAFT: NASA's team charged with conducting the first U.S. mission to collect samples from an asteroid has been given the go-ahead to begin constructing the spacecraft, flight instruments, ground system and launch-support facilities.

The images above show -- before and after filtering -- the comet known as Siding Spring, as captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Image: NASA.

NASA In Brief -- Hubble spots comet

03/26/2014 - 20:00

Scientists are watching a comet that will pass by Mars in October and could impact spacecraft on the red planet.