NASA has not reestablished contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter since a planned communications blackout ended Jan. 16.

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

The sighting came five days after a meteorite caused a large sonic boom in Ohio.

An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday. The U.S. Space ...

In an incredibly lucky cosmic accident, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a comet breaking apart in real time—something astronomers have long tried and failed to observe. The comet, C/2025 K1 ...

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with ...

NASA’s groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe, are facing unprecedented threats. The White House has ...

Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. The mission will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of ...

NASA said the meteorite was originally about 1 ton and three feet across.

A "Save NASA Science" Day of Action convened nearly 300 space advocates on Capitol Hill to press lawmakers for the protection of NASA's science budget. The advocacy specifically addressed the 2026 ...

Lawmakers defended NASA research efforts Wednesday at a hearing on President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the space agency. A bipartisan group of senators urged the White House on Wednesday to ...

Since after World War II, the military has been involved in space activities, with more than half of astronauts having served in the Armed Forces. Space studies and exploration inspire the future but ...