NASA Declares Earth Has a New “Mini-Moon” That Will Follow Us for the Next 50 Years
A newly tracked asteroid has been confirmed in a rare orbital configuration that keeps it moving in near-synchrony…
26 Resilient Microbes Found In NASA Cleanrooms Spark New Fears Of Mars Contamination
Scientists have discovered 26 previously unknown bacterial species living inside NASA’s ultra-sterile spacecraft assembly cleanrooms, challenging assumptions about…
Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem
In science fiction films, nothing raises tension quite like the good guys’ spaceship getting caught in an invisible…
How NASA changed in 2025 — possibly forever
For an agency shooting for the moon and onward to Mars, NASA in 2025 has been on a…
Blue Origin astronaut reveals depression after space flight backlash
A Vietnamese-American astronaut has opened up about her depression after she received a “tsunami of harassment” following the…
Amanda Nguyen: Blue Origin astronaut reveals depression after space flight backlash
In a statement posted on Instagram, Ms Nguyen said that when fellow crew member Gayle King – a…
ESA Says Data Breach Was Limited to Servers with Unclassified Documents
Credit: European Spaceflight / @seblatombe (X) The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an initial statement regarding an…
Isaacman opens door to alternatives to moving shuttle Discovery to Houston
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman suggested he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the…
NASA to Preview US Spacewalks at Space Station in January
NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare…
The State of CERES: Updates and Highlights
Introduction The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) was initially designed in the late-1980s and early-1990s…
The Final Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: October–December 2025
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth…
What is the purpose of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission?
Image: NASA While robotic missions like China’s upcoming Chang’e-7 are expected to map resources and test technologies at…