Latest NASA Stories
A massive comet and supermoon will light up the night sky this week
NASA sampled a ‘fluffy’ asteroid that could hold clues to our existence
What happens when a rocket hits the moon? It’s not always what astronomers predict.
This tiny, trailblazing satellite is taking on a big moon mission
NASA finally fully fueled up its Artemis moon rocket
Here’s what it’s like to drive on the moon
Satellite images of Las Vegas show just how extreme urban heat islands can get
UFO research is stigmatized. NASA wants to change that.
In NASA’s new video game, you are a telescope hunting for dark matter
NASA chose these designers to make over its ancient spacesuits
This novel solar sail could make it easier for NASA to stare into the sun
NASA recorded a black hole’s song, and you can listen to it
After two failed attempts, Boeing’s Starliner will try again this week to reach the ISS
Why NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter briefly went dark on Mars
From the archives: NASA dispatches drone to help rescue the ozone layer
NASA’s 747 space observatory is reaching the end of its flight plan
Expect NASA to probe Uranus within the next 10 years
NASA’s new moon rocket is leaking fuel, but that’s not a setback
NASA is watching California’s groundwater crisis from space
Inside NASA’s plan to switch to private communications satellites
In its visit to Psyche, NASA hopes to glimpse the center of the Earth
The sleek, shiny transport van NASA never built
Liquid lenses could make NASA’s next space telescope even more powerful than Webb
NASA’s official exoplanet tally has passed 5,000 worlds
In pictures: NASA’s powerful moonshot rocket debuts at Kennedy Space Center
Future astronauts and space tourists could rock 3D printed ‘second skin’
NASA is launching a new quantum entanglement experiment in space
Inside NASA’s messy plan to return to the moon by 2024
Why NASA’s pumped to watch a rocket smash into the moon
NASA’s experimental electric plane could take to the skies this year
There’s a lot we don’t know about the International Space Station’s ocean grave
This miniature rocket could be the first NASA craft launched from Mars
Happy Mars-iversary, Perseverance
We finally know why Venus is absolutely radiant
NASA has big plans for space farms
What happens if you get diarrhea in space?
Hermes will be NASA’s mini-weather station for tracking solar activity
NASA’s storm-chasing planes fly through blizzards to improve snowfall forecasts
2021 was the sixth hottest year on record
Ancient rocks hold the story of Earth’s first breath of oxygen
Real shooting stars look a lot different than you’d expect
Alexa will tag along on an uncrewed mission to the moon
The James Webb Space Telescope has fully unfurled its complex, massive sunshield
The next generation of lunar rovers might move like flying saucers
NASA’s James Webb telescope is unfurling a super-thin shield to save it from the sun
After years of delays, the James Webb telescope is finally in space
17 images to count down to the James Webb Space Telescope launch
The James Webb telescope will soon be hunting for ‘first light’
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest encounter yet with the sun
NASA is testing space lasers to shoot data back to Earth
NASA is spending big on commercial space destinations
NASA is winding up to punch an asteroid
Perseverance is cutting perfect circles out of Mars to search for signs of life
The fastest human-made object vaporizes space dust on contact
The US return to the moon gets a schedule change—again
NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite sends back its first images of a changing world
The story of the first bite of pizza in space, from the hungry astronaut himself
Curiosity found a new organic molecule on Mars
Astronomers spot first planet outside the Milky Way
These two galaxies are locked in a cosmic battle
Catastrophic floods helped shape the unique landscape on Mars
What does space smell like?
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is whirling faster than ever
With Landsat 9, NASA can now photograph the entire Earth every 8 days