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		Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), slated for liftoff on Feb. 9th, will make IMAX-quality movies of solar explosions, peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's inner dynamo, and--researchers hope--unravel the mysteries of solar variability. + Read More + Listen to Story

		Hubble Sees Suspected Asteroid Collision NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. + Read More + Listen to Story

		Firefly Mission to Study Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes There's a mystery in the skies of Earth: Something is producing bright flashes of gamma radiation in the upper atmosphere of our own planet. A new NASA-NSF mission called Firefly is going to investigate. + Read More + Listen to Story

		Close Encounter with Mars This week Earth and Mars are having a close encounter. On Jan. 27th, the Red Planet will be only 99 million kilometers away and look bigger through a telescope than at any time between 2008 and 2014. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Spirit is Now a Stationary Science Platform NASA announced today that Mars rover Spirit cannot be freed from its Martian sandtrap. Now the rover will begin a second career as a stationary science platform. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Mystery of the Giant Ribbon, Solved? Evidence is mounting that a strong magnetic field lurks just beyond the edge of the solar system. This could explain the recent discovery of a "giant ribbon" in space by NASA's IBEX spacecraft. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español




	Flying Telescope Passes Key Test Most astronomers wouldn't dream of opening their observatory's doors in 100 mph winds. Yet NASA's new SOFIA telescope recently flew in an airplane at 250 mph with doors wide open. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

	Why Won't the Supernova Explode? NASA is building a new space telescope named "NuSTAR" to answer a question that has been vexing astrophysicists for decades: Why won't the supernova explode? + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

	Kepler Discovers Five Exoplanets NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

	Spirit Faces Uncertain Future as New Year Dawns NASA's Mars rover Spirit is about to mark six years of Red Planet exploration. However, the upcoming Martian winter could end the roving career of the beloved, scrappy robot. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

	Blue Moon on New Year's Eve Party planners take note. For the first time in almost twenty years, there's going to be a Blue Moon on New Year's Eve. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

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