A Falcon 9 rocket carrying about 40 payloads, including NASA's Pandora exoplanet satellite, is scheduled to lift off from ...

A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Lunar Prospector launched on January 6, 1998, as the third mission within NASA’s Discovery Program, which emphasizes frequent ...

Carl Sagan once said, “Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.” These words ...

A rare visitor from deep space has swept through the inner solar system, offering astronomers a fleeting look at material ...

Since then, astronomers have observed all manner of lensing caused by all manner of bodies—perhaps none as visually striking as this image, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, of a foreground ...

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire nominated twice to lead the agency, may draw some lessons from the tenure of another NASA leader in the 1990s. By Kenneth Chang After 11 months of tumult and downsizing ...

WASHINGTON — NASA plans to test SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network, designed primarily for national security customers, to support operations of the agency’s Deep Space Network. In a Dec. 11 ...

That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak The recent ...

Time-stamped and geotagged images will be shared with emergency responders. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pilot program will utilize citizen science to help expedite hurricane ...