Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in…
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday afternoon.
The rover blasted off on board a United…
Scheduled to launch on Thursday, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is the agency's most sophisticated yet.
As if landing on the Red Planet and surviving…
They are the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun by the unassuming Solar Orbiter.
The Solar Orbiter is an international collaboration between the European Space Agency,…
(Tracking global and local changes brought on by the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The above image shows San Francisco Bay at night. Credit: NASA)…
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American…
NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will unveil a dashboard of satellite data showing impacts on the environment and socioeconomic…
Astrobiologists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program are applying their diverse skillset to the development of treatments for patients infected by COVID-19.
The…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first private vehicle to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station after a successful historic launch from the Kennedy…