Our planet rests inside a magnetic cocoon filled with plasma—but it's not always peaceful and quiet. Activity from the sun ...

The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astronomy and astrophysics with the research community, the ...

On April 1st, 2026, NASA sent four people on an eight-day mission to orbit the moon via the Artemis II.But people and rockets ...

Bezos-founded companies are pushing ahead in satellite connections and rocket launches, businesses that Musk’s SpaceX has ...

Agency leader Jared Isaacman sets plans for an International Space Station replacement and launching spacecraft to Mars. Officials prioritized agency goals over crew safety, the administrator said. A ...

An image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 13, 2015. The planet was first discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, who graduated from high school in rural Kansas and went on to earn his ...

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AI helped researchers probe the Hubble Space Telescope's archive to find strange celestial objects, including some indescribable by science. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Researchers have debunked a decades-long theory suggesting the origin of water on the Moon was from a comet impact or other single event ...

On January 3, NASA closed the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the largest research library in the agency. The closure follows months of chaotic building shutdowns, ...

Astronomy enthusiasts packed the historic Cincinnati Observatory in Hyde Park to watch a spacecraft splashdown.

A group of distinguished scientists have slammed the government’s withdrawal from a major European space observatory over ...