Marcia Dunn

NASA’s newest space telescope, made in Maryland, launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

August 30, 2026 at 12:49 p.m.

“It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars,” said NASA science mission director Nicky Fox.

This Tuesday image made available by NASA shows the Kuiper belt object Ultima Thule, about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto, encountered by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Scientists show off space snowman, Ultima Thule, in 3D

June 1, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

The newly visited space snowman — the most distant object ever explored — is now appearing in 3D. At a news conference in Laurel on Thursday, scientists and others put...

Spacewalking cosmonauts release 3-D-printed satellite

August 22, 2019 at 5:32 a.m.

Spacewalking cosmonauts set free the world's first satellite made almost entirely with a 3-D printer on Thursday. In total, Russians Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy ended up releasing five nanosatellites...

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket lifts off from the the NASA Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va. The rocket is carrying supplies to the International Space Station.

Rocket launch reignites space station deliveries in Virginia

August 19, 2019 at 8:34 a.m.

One of NASA's main delivery companies launched its first space station shipment from Virginia in two years Monday night, lighting up the East Coast. It was the first flight of...

Goddard researcher says 5 supersize stars found in other galaxies

May 31, 2019 at 12:50 a.m.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered five supersize stars in other galaxies on a par with the monstrous stellar system in our own Milky Way. Eta Carinae is the...

This image made available by NASA on July 24, 2015 shows the atmosphere of Pluto backlit by the sun when the New Horizons spacecraft was about 1.25 million miles away.

Frozen plains in Pluto’s heart seen as ‘eye candy’ after flyby

July 1, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Vast frozen plains exist next door to Pluto's big, rugged mountains sculpted of ice, scientists said Friday, three days after humanity's first-ever flyby of the dwarf...

In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Terry Virts points to his helmet as he sits inside the International Space Station on Feb. 25, 2015 during an inspection for water in his suit.

Spacewalking astronaut from Md. safe after water leaks into helmet

August 19, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacewalking astronaut ended up with unwanted water in his helmet Wednesday after breezing through a cable and lube job outside the International Space Station....

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