The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

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Scared of Facebook shares? Wager on Friday's close

By Reuters

Worried that if you buy Facebook when it starts trading Friday you'll get trampled by big banks and hedge funds? Betting on where the stock closes that day may be a safer wager. (3:42 pm)

MORE TOPICS: GOOGLE INC., FACEBOOK, NEW YORK

Space
NASA Challenges Public To Build Apps Using Planetary Data System

By IBTimes

NASA is challenging students, teachers, game developers and interested civilians to create web and mobile-based apps using data from the planetary data system. (May 14)

Forget Supermoon! View Transit of Venus Rarest Planetary Movement (Until the Year 2117)
Forget Supermoon! View Transit of Venus Rarest Planetary Movement (Until the Year 2117) [SPECTACULAR PICTURES]

By IBTimes UK

The last time this rare phenomenon occurred was on 8 June, 2014 when millions of people across the globe watched the spectacular event. (May 14)

The Big Bang Theory: "The Countdown Reflection”
The Big Bang Theory Season Finale Recap: Top 10 Highlights and Tumblr Memes (Spoilers)

By IBTimes AU

The Big Bang Theory has received the highest rating of 1.87 million viewers from Australia for its 21st episode, "The Hawking Excitation," according to TV Tonight. Can the season finale top this?. (May 14)

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Spectacular 3-D Cosmic Image of Earth by Russian Electro-L Released
Spectacular 3-D Cosmic Image of Earth by Russian Electro-L Released [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes UK

Russian Earth Observation Centre NTs OMZ releases ultra-high resolution of earth. (May 12)

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Giant Asteroid Vesta Is Not an Asteroid But a Small Planet
Giant Vesta Not an Asteroid But a Small Planet, Says Nasa [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes UK

Vesta is expected to provide more clues to the formation of terrestrial planets and the earth's moon. (May 12)

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SpaceX Space Tourism
SpaceX Offers Space Travel For International Tourists, Pending Safe Dragon Launch

By IBTimes

Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has announced a plan to offer space travel opportunities to civilians, in partnership with Bigelow Aerospace. (May 11)

MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, JAPAN

Scientists Discover Sand Dunes For the First Time In Mars
Nasa's MRO Discovers Change In Sand Dunes On Mars

By IBTimes IN

Nasa scientists have discovered that the movement of sand dunes on Mars appears in a large scale similar to the dune fields on Earth, according to a study. (May 10)

Scientists Discover Sand Dunes For the First Time In Mars
Scientists Discover Sand Dunes on Mars

By IBTimes UK

Nasa scientists have discovered movement in sand dunes for the first time on the Mars (May 10)

Black Holes Can Suppress Galactic Star Formation
Black Holes Can Suppress Galactic Star Formation, Says Nasa

By IBTimes UK

Some galaxies found to be 1,000 times brighter than our Milky Way galaxy. (May 10)

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