Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, affecting science.

On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair's breadth as the asteroid Apop...

NASA's two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress...

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address was filled with equal parts soaring rhetoric about the future and snarky condemnation of h...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an an...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spe...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is bringing the high-stakes world of planetary defense to the Sundance Film Festival, highlig...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 23, honoring the members of the...

The Parker Solar Probe is the fastest spacecraft ever built, and hit 430,000 mph at closest approach.

What knocked this black hole over onto its side? It's a cosmic "whodunnit" that NASA scientists using the Hubble and Chandra space telescope...

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scie...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made objec...

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun