NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids expected to pass Earth on 3 October 2024.

A comet just discovered last year by observers will whizz past Earth from 44 million miles away but leave a trail of dust and ...

Indeed, the NASA measurements indicate that the ambipolar field enhances the “scale height” of the ionosphere by 271 percent.

How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA ...

The asteroids, named 2018 QE, 2024 TD3, and 2024 TK3, are part of NASA's ongoing efforts to monitor space objects.

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History combines satellite observations and historical data ...

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...

Crew-8 launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 3, lofting a Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Matthew ...

High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument. The white ...

NASA has officially switched off one of the scientific instruments aboard a spacecraft that has been sending data back to ...

A powerful solar flare has been hurled out of the Sun, and could cause disruption on Earth. The flare comes amid increasing ...

Today marks the debut of a collaborative exhibit between NASA and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: the ...