Rare Apollo mission moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back…
NASA’s Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface…
Tiny, hidden galaxy provides a peek into the past Peeking out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star,…
NASA is testing a new robotic arm that really knows how to chill out Future planetary missions could explore in…
Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet’s surface…
Hubble views open cluster BSDL 2757 Bright, blue-white stars of the open cluster BSDL 2757 pierce through the rusty-red tones…
If there is phosphine on Venus, there isn’t much In the absence of direct observations of extraterrestrial life, scientists often…
Webb and Keck telescopes team up to track clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5,…
Amateur scientists have helped astronomers identify nearly a quarter-million galaxies so far Astronomers on a historically ambitious and massive galaxy-mapping…
Image: Hubble Telescope spies sparkling spray of stars in NGC 2660 This glittering group of stars, shining through the darkness…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat readies for launch When NASA’s Lunar Flashlight launches no earlier than Nov. 30, the tiny satellite…
James Webb Space Telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world—paving the way for studying Earth-like planets Since the first planet…
How satellites, radar and drones are tracking meteorites and aiding Earth’s asteroid defense On July 31, 2013 a constellation of…
King of rockets, NASA’s SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX’s Starship NASA’s Space Launch System roared off the launchpad…
Webb Space Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble NASA’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until…
Can we protect Earth from space weather? In early September 1859, the Northern Lights could suddenly be seen as far…
Researchers evaluate performance of MODIS land reflectance products in water monitoring Satellite ocean color instruments are used to characterize physical,…
Satellites cast critical eye on coastal dead zones A dead zone in the ocean is as bad as it sounds,…
How Webb’s NIRSpec instrument opened up 200 windows to our origins Astronomy is driven by big questions, and they don’t…
NASA Moon mission ‘exceeding’ expectations On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion…
The tilt in our stars: The shape of the Milky Way’s halo of stars is realized A new study has…
Scroll through the universe with a new interactive map A new map of the universe displays for the first time…
New observation method helps unlock secrets of UK meteorite The Winchcombe meteorite, a rare carbonaceous meteorite which crashed onto a…
How NASA’s Deep Space Network supports the agency’s missions Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world’s imagination and inspired…
Why go back to the Moon? On September 12, 1962, then US president John F. Kennedy informed the public of…
NASA: Moon rocket endured hurricane, set for 1st test flight NASA’s moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a…
Unmanned, solar-powered US space plane back after 908 days An unmanned U.S. military space plane landed early Saturday after spending…
2400 new eyes on the sky to see cosmic rainbows The Subaru Telescope successfully demonstrated engineering first light with a…
Section of destroyed shuttle Challenger found on ocean floor A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been…
Engineers ready innovative robotic servicing of geosynchronous satellites payload for launch Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Naval…
How MIRI became Webb’s coolest instrument The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is widely referred to as the successor to…
Experiments to study gravity’s impact on bone cells are heading to the International Space Station A pair of experiments exploring…
How do you keep a solar sail stable? Solar sailing seems like a simple concept—instead of being pushed along by…
New study of comets provides insight into chemical composition of early solar system A new study from the University of…
Oldest planetary debris in our galaxy found in new study Astronomers led by the University of Warwick have identified the…
Mars’s crust is more complex and evolved than previously thought Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously…
How magnetism could help explain the Earth-moon system’s formation There are several theories about how Earth and its moon were…
Experiment helps predict effects of DART impact On September 26, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos,…
Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in last eight years Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark…
Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars Two NASA spacecraft at Mars—one on the surface and the other…
Radioactive traces in tree rings reveal Earth’s history of unexplained ‘radiation storms’ In searching for planets and studying their stars,…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight ready to search for the Moon’s water ice It’s known that water ice exists below the lunar…
Hubble celebrates the spooky season with Abell 611, a cobweb of galaxies held together by a dark secret In celebration…
Spritacular: NASA’s new citizen science project to capture elusive upper atmospheric electrical phenomena on camera A flash of lightning, and…
Tree rings offer insight into devastating radiation storms A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious,…
Balancing risk and reward in planetary exploration NASA’s Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian…
India launches 36 internet satellites delayed by Ukraine war India launched a rocket carrying 36 private internet satellites on early…
Partial solar eclipse from Iceland to India on Tuesday A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of…
Hubble views a turbulent stellar nursery The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig-Haro objects…
A new instrument will measure temperature, pressure and wind on Venus The VASI (Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation) instrument aboard NASA’s…
Researchers discover new monster black hole ‘practically in our back yard’ The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that…
Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matter Meteors may help astronomers devise a new way to…
New tool allows scientists to peer inside neutron stars Imagine taking a star twice the mass of the sun and…
Astronomers are captivated by brightest flash ever seen Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an…
SpaceX ferries astronauts back to Earth after half-year away Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday, ending…
NASA’s Chandra finds galaxy cluster collision on a ‘WHIM’ Astronomers taking inventory of the material in the local universe keep…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft prepares to swing by Earth On Oct. 16, at 7:04 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, the first…
NASA dust detective delivers first maps from space for climate science NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission…
Study suggests shallow lakes in icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa could erupt In the search for life beyond Earth,…
Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years Looking up at the moon…
Citizen scientists enhance new Europa images from NASA’s Juno Citizen scientists have provided unique perspectives of the recent close flyby…
NASA had been designing lunar bases for decades before Armstrong first set foot on the moon It’s only natural to…
InSight Mars lander waits out dust storm NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw…
Team develops new tools to help search for life in deep space Are we alone in the universe? An answer…
Juno gets highest-resolution close-up of Jupiter’s moon Europa Observations from the spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up…
15 spectacular photos from the Dark Energy Camera From high atop a mountain in the Chilean Andes, the Dark Energy…
SOAR Telescope catches Dimorphos’s expanding comet-like tail after DART spacecraft impact NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally crashed…
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit with new Alpha rocket A new aerospace company reached orbit with its second rocket launch and…
Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the moon and Earth In 2020, China’s Chang’e 5 mission…
NASA eyes November for launch attempt of Moon rocket NASA said Friday it would try to launch its Moon mega-rocket…
NASA, SpaceX study boosting Hubble to extend its lifespan NASA and SpaceX have agreed to study the feasibility of awarding…
Hubble detects protective shield defending a pair of dwarf galaxies For billions of years, the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxies—the…
NASA moon rocket back in hangar, launch unlikely until November NASA’s moon rocket returned to the safety of its hangar…
NASA spacecraft closes in on asteroid for head-on collision A NASA spacecraft closed in on an asteroid at blistering speed…
Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from…
NASA scraps Tuesday Moon launch due to storm NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed…
Approaching storm may delay launch try for NASA moon rocket An approaching storm threatens to delay NASA’s next launch attempt…
NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d thought of this….
Space station gets 3 new residents after Russian launch The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a…
Revealing spacecraft geometry effects on impact simulations for NASA’s DART mission NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will crash…
NASA gears up for Artemis I tanking test for shot to launch next week The fixes have been addressed, so…
Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk Saturday from a new space…
Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock samples NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations…
Did life ever exist on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover finds organic matter in rock samples NASA’s Perseverance rover is investigating…
Her work helped her boss win the Nobel Prize. Now the spotlight is on her Scientists have long studied the…
DART spacecraft prepares to collide with asteroid target later this month As NASA prepares to usher in a new form…
New computer simulation aids in the search for the origin of cosmic rays An international research team has developed a…
Astronomers wind back the clock to determine the timeline of a stellar explosion While astronomers have seen the debris from…
Researchers find source of gamma rays in small neighboring galaxy Through giant lobes of gamma radiation, an international team of…
NASA’s Webb catches Tarantula Nebula A stellar nursery nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula has been captured in crisp detail by NASA’s…
DART sets sights on asteroid target NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft recently got its first look at Didymos,…
Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought Water is the one thing all life on Earth…
What’s next for Artemis I after 2nd scrub? What went wrong with Artemis I was on the launch pad at…
Astronomers capture most detailed images yet of radiation region in Orionʻs ‘sword’ Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on…
While Artemis scrubs, SpaceX treats Space Coast to launches While hundreds of thousands of people made their way to the…
NASA unsure next Moon rocket launch attempt possible this month After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story…
Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday,…
‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought A new study has found that “diamond…
Video: ‘Fuel to Mars’ study heads to moon A Duke research study is preparing to blast off to the Moon…
Is Pluto a planet? It is no longer considered one, but some believe it should be Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,…
