NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim and Anne McClain marked Independence Day with a few heartfelt words for their ...

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China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.The space agency spotted the quick-moving object ...

NASA strives to understand the universe, whether that be the stars above us or Earth around us. One way NASA focuses on the ...

NASA confirms that asteroid 2025 MW91, estimated to be 140 feet across, will make its closest approach on 5 July.

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...

NASA said Thursday that its Kepler spacecraft has spotted “Earth’s bigger, older cousin”: the first nearly Earth-size planet to be found in the habitable zone of a star similar to our own.

Watch: NASA's OSIRIS-REx returns to Earth from the asteroid Bennu What is Bennu? First discovered in 1999, Bennu is believed to be part of a larger asteroid that collided with another space rock ...

Earth-based telescopes will observe Apophis as well, but they won't be able to detect as much as the spacecraft will when the asteroid gets near the sun, NASA said.