She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a ...

Withholding congressionally appropriated NASA science funds signals a broader crisis of democratic governance, not just ...

NASA has cataloged only a fraction of the near-Earth asteroids large enough to destroy a major city, and the agency’s own data confirms that thousands of these objects remain invisible to current ...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed NASA to temporarily pause funding for a number of science missions. The move aligns with the White House’s proposed cuts for NASA’s 2026 budget, ...

Officials have directed the space agency to pause funds for a host of science missions the White House originally pushed to cancel in its 2026 budget request, according to a letter sent to the ...

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...

Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say. In March of 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered ...

NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.

Launch teams replaced a pair of seals and a clogged filter at the Kennedy Space Center pad where the giant moon rocket stands before starting the countdown clocks back up. The two-day test will ...

Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine NASA has ended most science operations on its Swift observatory to keep the ...

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory would be terminated in the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with AIA comment. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — NASA ...

Trump administration proposed deep cuts. But funding passed by Congress supports a pillar of the state’s economy.