The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...

As spaceflight shifts from routine orbit to far harder missions, NASA is funding new technologies to tackle radiation, energy storage, deep-space navigation, and off-world resources. This overview ...

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

A small red dwarf star in the Milky Way has drawn attention after astronomers mapped four closely orbiting planets around it. The system, known as LHS.

The four Crew-12 astronauts brought the International Space Station’s staff back to seven after a month of operating with ...

When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to ...

Britons in the UK were not able to enjoy the 'Ring of Fire'. As for any eclipse, experts have urged people not to look at the phenomenon with the naked eye. According to experts, staring directly at ...

The first crewed mission of the Artemis program won’t land on the moon, but it aims to take four astronauts farther from the ...

Typically, from what astronomers have gathered thus far, star systems follow a tidy logic: small, rocky worlds huddle close to the warmth of their star, while massive gas giants bloat up in the colder ...

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...

Dr. Athiray Panchapakesan at UAH leads a $1.27M NASA-backed mission to study solar flares' impact on Earth, aiming to improve space weather forecasting by 2026.