Goddard scientists work with many cool things on a daily basis, but few get the chance to be drawn into comic book characters. On June 14 and 15, Japanese science cartoonist Hayanon visited NASA Goddard to interview earth scientists for new comic strips. Hayanon is a mangaka – a master of Japanese comics called manga – and she holds a bachelor’s in physics. She writes and illustrates comic strips

Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982 michele.johnson@nasa.gov MOFFET FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet

NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical Image of Mono Lake Research area Click photo for larger image. Felisa Wolfe-Simon processing mud from Mono Lake to inoculate media to grow microbes on arsenic. Image Credit: Henry Bortman Click photo for larger image. Image of GFAJ-1 grown on arsenic. Image Credit: Jodi Switzer Blum Click photo for larger image. Image of GFAJ-1 grown on

NASA to Hold News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PST On Dec. 2 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. PST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life

NASA Remembers Arthur C. Clarke -- Share Your Thoughts Clarke during a Sept. 2007 video greeting sent to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during Cassini's flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus. › View Video › Read More Renowned science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke died Wednesday at his home in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Best known for the story and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a collaboration with