An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the night sky as it orbits the Earth. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) launched in April 2024 atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. The ...

NASA’s Terra satellite, launched in 1999, is approaching retirement after over 26 years, continuing to provide long-term Earth observations of land, atmosphere, and oceans.

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

The spacecraft is set to plunge to its death in Saturn's atmosphere in April. — -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beginning a series of "ring grazing" orbits today to study Saturn's rings and moons ...

The universe is full of oddities and formations that range from magnetars to solar systems with four stars. One of those oddities is the stellar trio, where two stars orbit each other and then a third ...

NASA’s decades-long watch on near-Earth space has revealed a landscape that is far more dynamic, and far more intricate, than early asteroid hunters imagined. Instead of a simple backdrop of rocks ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of Venus. A family of asteroids share the planet's orbit, and two new studies suggest that one day the space rocks could ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA has released the first look at its Advanced Composite Solar ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s soaring towards Earth at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Estimated to measure ...