2026 will be the year NASA astronauts fly around the moon again — if all goes to plan

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

NASA reveals Earth’s accidental space shield and the changing face of near-Earth radiation

Earth's relationship with space is much more complex than it used to be. Space around our planet was thought to be influenced ...

Here’s where NASA is looking for alien life in our solar system

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
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60,000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the minerals that power phones, EVs and clean energy

AVIRIS-5 is one of the newest tools in a joint research project from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) called GEMx. The project is designed to search for surface traces of critical minerals, ...

Tour the International Space Station in new NASA walkthrough

There is nearly 16,700 cubic feet of habitable area aboard the International Space Station (ISS). That makes it larger than a ...

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth Today

NASA is also tracking a building-sized asteroid named “2025 YC3”, with a diameter of around 260 feet, and another bus-sized one known as “2025 XT7,” some 42 feet across. Both are expected to come with ...

3I/ATLAS: NASA Spacecraft Spies Comet As It Passes Closest To Earth

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, collecting rare data as the ancient object made ...

Interstellar comet is making its closest approach to Earth this week

The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it ...

NASA launches DiskSat demo into low earth orbit

NASA’s DiskSat launched into low Earth orbit early Thursday morning from the company’s Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, ...
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Can NASA find rare minerals from miles above the Earth?

Trying to predict the future is often a task that guarantees frustration, but one thing you can be reasonably certain about ...

NASA Saw an Interstellar Comet From a Viewpoint No One Expected

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...