NASA Congratulates SpaceX on Reentry License

NASA issued the following statements Monday after the Federal Aviation Administration issued SpaceX a license for spacecraft reentry:

Pulverized Planet Dust May Lie Around Double Stars

Tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared observatory spotted a surprisingly large amount of dust around three mature, close-orbiting...

LaserMotive of Seattle Wins $900,00 in the NASA Power Beaming Challenge Competition

NASA has awarded $900,000 in prize money to a Seattle company that successfully demonstrated new wireless energy beaming technology which could one day be used to help power a “space elevator.”