It ultimately was successful, with NASA correctly predicting that it is possible to redirect celestial objects. The asteroid known as Dimorphos was approximately the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, ...

Despite geopolitical tension and national budget woes, one message rang out loud and clear at Living Planet Symposium 2025: ...

As 3I/ATLAS approaches the sun, astronomers expect its frozen ices to sublimate, releasing gas and forming a glowing coma and ...

In May, the White House released a budget proposal that would slash NASA funding. But a Senate appropriations plan would protect the agency's budget.

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to ...

By flying closer to the Sun than ever, Parker Solar Probe reveals the chaotic birthplace of solar wind and space storms, ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...

The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Over 2,145 senior NASA employees could leave as the Trump administration proposes a 25% budget cut. The potential layoffs, ...