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Upside down can be right side up. That's what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency's answer to making future aircraft sustainable. Research from NASA's Advan...

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

WASHINGTON -- NASA has further delayed the next two Artemis missions to the moon, pushing back the first crewed landing of the program to the middle of 2027. At a […] The post NASA further delays next Artemis missions ...

What does all this sighting information mean? Important: The International Space Station orbits with an inclination of 51.6 degrees. This means that, as it orbits, the farthest north and south of the Equator it will eve...

Why is the space station up there? The space station is Earth’s only microgravity laboratory. This football field-sized platform hosts a plethora of science and technology experiments that are continuously being conduc...

HELSINKI -- China launched the third batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails constellation late Tuesday as the firm behind the project aims for global services in 2025. A […] The post Long March 6A launches third...

Video: 00:02:40 The thirdCopernicus Sentinel-1satellite, Sentinel-1C, haslaunched aboardaVega-Crocket,flight VV25,from Europe'sSpaceport in French Guiana.The rocket lifted offon 5December 2024at22:20CET (18:20local time)...

Scientists have gathered new evidence to suggest icy comets indeed brought water to Earth, long ago.

See how elliptical galaxies in the distant universe were born, as new research gives astronomers a closer look at galactic collisions and star formation.

When 'Oumuamua traversed our solar system in 2017 it was the first confirmed Interstellar Object (ISO) to do so. Then in 2019, Comet 2l/Borisov did the same thing. These are the only two confirmed ISOs to visit our solar...

WISE, NEOWISE's predecessor mission, imaged the entire sky in the mid-infrared range.

The United States is pushing back its planned return to the moon from 2026 to "mid-2027" as it deals with heat shield issues and other troubles plaguing its Orion crew capsule, NASA officials said Thursday.

Astronomers have used the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole powering a quasar. A quasar is a galactic center that glows brigh...

Annual Report of NESC Technical Activities On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with the 2024 NESC Technical Update. This annual report summarizes the technical work, en...

A quick look at the shiny new 'Alien: Romulus" VHS release from 20th Century Studios

Read this release in English here. Mediante la campaña Artemis, la NASA llevará a los siguientes astronautas estadounidenses y al primer astronauta internacional a la región del Polo Sur de la Luna. El jueves, la NASA...

Technology used to chart other worlds is revealing minerals in the American West that are critical to the country's renewable energy future.

The Artemis II test flight will be NASA's first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign and will pave the way to land astronauts on the Moon on Artemis III and future missions. The crew of four aboard the agency's O...

Lee esta historia en español aquí. Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon. On Thursday, NASA announced the lates...

After extensive analysis and testing, NASA has identified the technical cause of unexpected char loss across the Artemis I Orion spacecraft's heat shield. Engineers determined as Orion was returning from its uncrewed mis...

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive black holes expect t...

Astronomers have used the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole powering a quasar. A quasar is a galactic center that glows brigh...