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A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.

Congress has approved a fiscal year 2026 spending bill that largely restores funding proposed for deep cuts to NASA while canceling one major mission. The post Congress passes minibus spending bill that rejects proposed ...

Our nearest neighbor, the Moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears so lopsided, with dark volcanic plains on the near side (the side we see) and rugged, cratered m...

NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on Saturday (Jan. 17), and you can watch the slow-moving action live.

The operator of a Spanish military communications satellite that suffered a space particle strike has written off the spacecraft, concluding it can no longer carry out its mission. The post Indra Group writes off damaged...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart - a breakthrough with direct imp...

For the 15th consecutive year, NASA received an unmodified, or clean, opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2025 financial statements. The rating is the best possible audit opinion, certifying that NASAs fi...

Congress just approved a $24.4 billion budget for NASA for this year, rejecting the deep cuts that President Trump had proposed last spring.

This collection of new images taken by NASAs Hubble Space Telescope showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of gas and dust that surround forming stars, in both visible and infrared wavelengths. Through obser...

Tiny delays in pulsar signals measured by SETI scientists could aid the search for gravitational waves and extraterrestrial life.

NASA hopes to launch its crewed Artemis 2 moon mission in early February, but everything will have to go right to hit that ambitious target.

Through a drone flight test at NASAs Ames Research Center, researchers tested a blockchain-based system for protecting flight data. The system aims to keep air traffic management safe from disruption and protect data tra...

'I think walking onto the bridge and sitting on the captain's chair blew my mind.'

SpaceX will launch its first national security mission of the year tonight (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live.

German launch company Isar Aerospace is preparing for the second launch of its Spectrum rocket, this time carrying several satellite payloads. The post Isar Aerospace sets date for second Spectrum launch appeared first o...

Chemistry on other worlds varies widely from that on Earth. Much of Earths chemistry is driven by well-understood processes, which typically involve water and heat in some form. Mars lacks both of those features, which m...

Chinas main space contractor performed a static fire test of a new reusable Long March rocket Friday, paving the way for a test flight. The post China conducts static fire test of new reusable Long March 12B rocket appea...

Four ISS crewmembers were brought home a month early due to an undisclosed but non-emergency "medical concern".

Young protostars populate the cloudy regions in the Orion Molecular Cloud complex in these images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Three of the telescope's new images are part of a scientific effort to understand the...

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York tonight as an incoming stream of speedy solar wind sets the stage for some potentially dazzling northern lights.

Friday, Jan. 16, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket rollout to the launch pad.

From Orion's glowing nebula to the sparkling Pleiades, these winter targets reward anyone willing to brave the cold.