NASA’s DART spacecraft changed a binary asteroid’s orbit around the sun, in a first for a human-made object
When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos’ orbit around…
Inside Project Hail Mary – NASA
NASA astronaut and deputy director of the Flight Operations Directorate Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with panelists and…
Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier
On December 6, 2025, a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the remote St. Elias Mountains, a highly glaciated…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sees Martian ‘Spiderwebs’ Up Close
For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called…
NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars
There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance…
Stonebreen’s Beating Heart – NASA Science
Edgeøya, an island in the southeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago, is defined by stark Arctic expanses and…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on MarsÂ
NASA’s Perseverance used its navigation cameras to capture its drive along the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec.…
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to…
NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell
Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian…
60,000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the minerals that power phones, EVs and clean energy
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NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other
This panoramic view of SPHEREx’s first all-sky map simulates how the sky looks to the telescope. It transitions…
NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean
A key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a…