NASA stops speaking to its Mars robots, but they haven’t fallen out
A celestial event happening right now could corrupt commands sent from Earth to NASA's Mars rovers so the team is taking a break until the situation normalizes.
SpaceX says it could fly Starship on Friday, but it depends on one thing
SpaceX says it could launch its Starship rocket on its second test flight as early as this Friday, but it depends on one important thing.
See how NASA’s cosmos-mapping SPHEREx spacecraft is starting to take shape
Described by NASA as looking a bit like a dog after a visit to the vet, the SPHEREx spacecraft has now been fitted with its distinctive cone ahead of launch.
Astronomers discover how tiny dwarf galaxies form ‘fossils’
When tiny dwarf galaxies age and begin to erode away, they can transform into an even smaller and more dense shape, called an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy.
Lucy’s asteroid surprise: ‘we never suspected anything so bizarre’
NASA's Lucy mission recently passed by a small asteroid called Dinkinesh, which turned out to be a fascinating system all of its own.
Webb and Hubble work together to image the Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster
A beautiful new image of a cluster of thousands of galaxies combines data from both the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.
‘Always a sight to see!’ NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft flies again
Aviation enthusiasts will be delighted to learn that NASA's extraordinary Super Guppy aircraft recently took to the skies again.
NASA just launched a free streaming channel called NASA+
NASA has just launched a new ad-free channel called NASA+ that offers original shows and live content for space fans around the world.
Record-breaking supermassive black hole is oldest even seen in X-rays
The supermassive black hole is 13.2 billion light-years away and could help uncover the mysteries of how the largest black holes form.
The Curiosity rover reaches a milestone on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover, which is currently exploring Mars's Gale Crater, recently marked an impressive milestone: 4,000 days on Mars.
See the stunning first images taken by the dark matter-hunting Euclid telescope
The European Space Agency has released the first five full-color images taken by Euclid, a space telescope launched earlier this year to probe dark matter.
NASA’s Mars helicopter just did something it’s never done before
NASA's Mars helicopter keeps breaking its own records, flying higher, further, and faster then ever before. But it recently set a brand new one.
ULA aiming to debut new Vulcan rocket on Christmas Eve
ULA is making final preparations for the maiden launch of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, targeted for December 24.
NASA shares trailers for original shows coming to its new streaming channel
NASA has been sharing trailers for original shows coming to its new NASA+ streaming channel, which launches on Wednesday.
How to watch SpaceX deliver cargo and experiments to the ISS this week
This week will see a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft blast off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and head for the ISS to deliver supplies and research.
NASA’s first asteroid-sampling mission continues on to a new target
NASA's OSIRIS-REx recently dropped off a sample from asteroid Bennu, and now it will continue on to a new target: asteroid Apophis.
James Webb snaps an image of the famous and beautiful Crab Nebula
Located 6,500 light-years away, the Crab Nebula is famous among astronomers for its elaborate and beautiful structure.
Hubble captures a stunning ultraviolet image of Jupiter
A new image from Hubble shows Jupiter in a whole new way, highlighting the Great Red Spot - an enormous storm larger than the width of the entire Earth.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft snaps not one, but two asteroids during flyby
NASA's Lucy spacecraft made its first asteroid flyby. But when it returned the images it took, there was a surprise in store: a second, even smaller asteroid.
NASA’s skywatching tips for November include a meteor shower
NASA's skywatching tips for November include the potentially spectacular Leonid meteor shower, which peaks around the middle of the month.
Spot the space station with this new NASA app
A new app released for iOS and Android makes it easier than ever to spot the International Space Station when it passes overhead.
NASA’s Lucy phones home after ‘Dinky’ flyby
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is powering on toward Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids after making a successful flyby of another asteroid called Dinkinesh.
Watch NASA’s trailer teasing next week’s launch of streaming service
NASA has shared a trailer highlighting next week’s launch of NASA+, a free video streaming service aimed at space fans.
World’s most powerful rocket clears safety review for next test launch
The FAA has completed its safety review for SpaceX's second test flight of the mighty Super Heavy rocket, but it can't award a launch permit just yet.
NASA releases ‘ghostly cosmic hand’ image for Halloween
To help you get in the mood for Halloween, NASA has released a spooky image from deep space showing what it describes as a ghostly cosmic hand.
Blue Origin shows off 3-story Blue Moon lunar lander mock-up
Blue Origin's lander will one day carry astronauts to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program that's aiming to put a permanent base on the moon.
How to watch the delayed ISS maintenance spacewalk this week
This Wednesday will see NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli head out from the ISS on a spacewalk to work on station maintenance.
The moon may be 40 million years older than we thought
Researchers working on samples collected by Apollo 17 astronauts have performed an analysis that suggests the moon may be as much as 4.46 billion years old.
Map of Mars shows the location of ice beneath the planet’s surface
A NASA project called Subsurface Water Ice Mapping or SWIM has released a new set of Mars maps, showing the locations of subsurface ice on the planet.
James Webb observes merging stars creating heavy elements
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected heavy elements being created in a star merger for the first time.
This peculiar galaxy has two supermassive black holes at its heart
A recent image taken by the Gemini South observatory shows the chaotic result of a merger between two spiral galaxies one billion years ago.
Astronauts test new moon camera for upcoming Artemis mission
In preparation for NASA's next crewed moon landing, astronauts have been testing a brand new camera on the lunar-like landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain.
NASA’s Artemis II moon capsule receives vital component
Next year's crewed Artemis II moon mission took an important step forward recently when NASA integrated a vital component with the Orion spacecraft.
NASA tests 8-rotor Dragonfly drone destined for Titan
Dragonfly is set to become the first multi-rotor aircraft to fly on another celestial body when it reaches Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in 2034.