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A large and "potentially hazardous" asteroid is poised to fly by Earth next month, but don't worry -- it poses no threat to Earth.

March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus

This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 4237. Located about 60 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair), NGC 4237 is classified as a flo...

Rocket Lab is continuing with preparations for a launch later this month despite the coronavirus pandemic, although another small launch company's plans for a launch this month remain unclear. SpaceNews.com

For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth -- and finally, such an object may have arrived.

"While by no means immune from the broader economic downdraft, we nonetheless expect the Satellite & Space industry to fare somewhat better from a demand perspective than the economy-at-large," the report said. SpaceNews...

Cost overruns on a major rover mission and proposals for both sample return missions and a new orbiter are straining NASA's Mars exploration program and threatening the future of two ongoing missions. SpaceNews.com

Virgin Orbit spokesman: "We are assessing things daily and keeping momentum up as best we can." SpaceNews.com

With the launch period for NASA's Mars Perseverance rover opening in a little less than four months, the six-wheeler is reaching significant pre-launch milestones almost daily at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canavera...

While NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is safe from contamination in pre-flight quarantine, the growing pandemic is still having a major affect on his upcoming launch.

To protect the health and safety of the NASA workforce as the nation responds to coronavirus (COVID-19), agency leadership recently completed the first assessment of work underway across all missions, projects, and progr...

Isolated at home? Then train like an astronaut.

After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA's SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a mission that continued and advanced the agency's 40-year record of measuring solar irradiance and studying its influe...

With just one more episode left in the first season of "Picard," the first installment in the two-part finale is a rollercoaster ride of thrills, spills, space orchids and even a surprise guest star.

Planetary nebula? Supernova remnant? No, this incredible image is actually a photo of a rocket launch. The rocket's exhaust combined with atmospheric effects emulates an image of a deep-space object.

Cardiac research was a big part of the Expedition 62 crew's schedule on Thursday. Meanwhile, the International Space Station is orbiting higher to get ready for April's crew swap....

Despite the coronavirus outbreak, SpaceX still plans to launch its first-ever crewed mission just two months from now.

As satellites orbiting Earth have observed, as coronavirus has progressed, there has been less air pollution over Italy and lowered nitrogen-dioxide emissions over China.

Week in images: 16-20 March 2020 Discover our week through the lens

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Washing your hands with soap and water is a critical measure to prevent the spread of viruses and bacteria that can make us sick.

String theory hopes to be a literal theory of everything -- a powerful idea that could completely revolutionize our understanding of the physical world. But it has never been directly tested.