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Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare collision between four galaxy clusters....

Virgin Orbit, while preparing for the first flight of its LauncherOne smallsat rocket, is in the process of choosing an engine for a three-stage variant that would be capable of sending payloads to other planets. SpaceNe...

The next few weeks might be a good time to keep a close watch on the night sky, for if you're lucky, you just might catch sight of a spectacularly bright meteor, also known as a fireball.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Leelanau Peninsula on the northwest coast of Northern Michigan, US....

NASA has unveiled a new spacecraft that the agency hopes to send to the moon to scout out water ice near the lunar south pole. Many people see lunar water as a vital resource for future missions.

Northrop Grumman is remembering an Apollo 12 moonwalker with the naming of its 12th spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.

NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its next resupply mission to the International Space Station at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2. NASA's prelaunch coverage will air live on NASA Telev...

As Japan prepares to join NASA's Artemis lunar program, the country's largest rocket manufacturer says it could upgrade the H3 rocket debuting next year to deliver cargo to the moon as soon as 2025. SpaceNews.com

On the heels of the first flight of an Emirati in space, the United Arab Emirates' space agency expects to soon expand its small corps of astronauts in anticipation of future missions in the next several years. SpaceNews...

The BepiColombo spacecraft is en route to Mercury and has snapped several selfies to document its travel over the last year.

NASA's Mars 2020 rover has shed its skin and gained a new arm, and it's now standing on its own six wheels, closer to ready for the Red Planet.

Could the next two astronauts on the moon both be women? NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine thinks so.

An enormous asteroid will fly by Earth today (Oct. 25), and you can watch it zip by in a live webcast from the Virtual Telescope Project.

Conventional wisdom tells us that large objects appear smaller as they get farther from us, but this fundamental law of classical physics is reversed when we observe the distant universe.

NASA is honoring John Culberson, former U.S. representative from Texas, with an agency Distinguished Public Service Medal. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine presented the award to Culberson during a presentation Friday ...

Discover our week through the lens (21-25 October 2019).

The next journey to the moon will be far from a solo venture.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare collision between four galaxy clusters. Eventually all four clusters--each with a mass of at le...

This time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 8, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, captures the first time NASA's Mars 2020 rover has carried its full weight on its legs and wheels.

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features:

Most people only ever encounter rubidium as the purple color in fireworks, but the obscure metal has helped two University of Chicago scientists propose a theory of how the moon may have formed.