Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...
NASA's nuclear propulsion breakthrough promises Mars trips in 45 days. Combining nuclear and plasma systems boosts efficiency ...
From record launch rates, to new astronaut missions and science - 2025 promises to be a year like no other in space ...
The long-anticipated launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) marked the culmination of years of dedicated work. Hundreds of engineers, scientists ... s ...
Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, the probe is the fastest human-made object in existence. It used flybys of Venus to adjust its ...
Spacecraft from NASA and other organizations captured rich imagery of our solar system in 2024, including views of Mars, Io, ...
See the year’s most striking images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, NASA’s Mars rover and the best sky watching on offer ...
The endeavor will involve the Orion spacecraft carrying its first crew toward the moon after being launched by NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The Orion will come within 80 miles of the ...
Critical to the Artemis moon program, SpaceX also is building a variant of its Starship rocket to carry astronauts back to the lunar surface in 2027. It will be NASA's first such landing since the ...
In 1932, physicists glimpsed antimatter for the first time — a strange mirror image of regular matter with mind-bending ...