Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface.

Humans are returning to the moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a ...

Space station crews spend the holidays away from family and friends, but that doesn’t stop them from celebrating in space.

The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of reionization. It holds clues to the first stars and galaxies, and perhaps the nature ...

JPL's Mojave Desert-based facility upgrade will enhance NASA's deep space communications capabilities for decades.

Have you looked up at the night sky this season and noticed a bright object sporting a reddish hue to the left of Orion? This ...

Since the launch of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 in 1968, NASA has been putting telescopes ... us explore the cosmos in a unique way. These telescopes can be as close as Earth orbit or ...

With a little familiarization and preparation your new telescope can open a world of exploration rather than end up in the back of a closet.

NASACrew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at the orbitin ...