NASA is designing the Habitable Worlds Observatory — a telescope built not just to look, but to scan other planets for signs of life. Positioned at the Earth–Sun L2 point, it will use a segmented ...

A NASA image of the snow-dusted Grand Canyon has created a striking optical illusion, making the vast chasm—more than a mile ...

To avoid Swift being dragged down low enough to hit Earth’s atmosphere, NASA tapped an Arizona-based startup to launch a ...

This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows an outcrop with finely layered rocks within the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp. The buttes and mesas rising ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

On 14 February 2026, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Kelly Fast presented data on a persistent gap in planetary defense capabilities.

Earth faces a significant threat from thousands of undetected asteroids capable of destroying cities. NASA's planetary defence chief warns that current systems cannot reliably stop these 'city-killers ...

On February 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...

NASA’s rescheduled launch of Artemis II is still weeks away, but excitement is steadily building as the window approaches.

Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine NASA has ended most science operations on its Swift observatory to keep the ...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed NASA to temporarily pause funding for a number of science missions. The move aligns with the White House’s proposed cuts for NASA’s 2026 budget, ...