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Sirangelo Leaves NASA After Exploration Reorganization Scrapped
A former space industry executive who joined NASA to guide its revamped lunar exploration strategy has left the agency after just a month and a half.
SpaceX Launches New Legal Battle Against US Air Force
Launch Service Agreement contract winners Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance have filed 'motions to intervene' in the lawsuit filed by SpaceX.
Boeing Completes Tests of Starliner Thrusters
Boeing has completed ground testing of the thrusters for its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, nearly a year after a setback in earlier testing of those thrusters.
Elon Musk Says It's 'So Far, So Good' for SpaceX's 1st 60 Starlink Satellites
The first 60 satellites in SpaceX's huge Starlink constellation haven't experienced any hiccups in orbit thus far.
Wow! This Is What SpaceX's Starlink Satellites Look Like in the Night Sky
A satellite tracker has spotted SpaceX's Starlink fleet in the sky a day after the 60-satellite launch. The view is amazing!
An Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight
A very big asteroid with its own little moon is going to zip past Earth tonight (May 25) — close enough that, with some preparation and a decent telescope, amateur...
Could We Move the Entire Planet Earth to a New Orbit?
The big move could help our rocky planet escape the expanding sun and prevent a collision with Jupiter.
Hidden Winds on Jupiter May Be Messing with Its Enormous Magnetic Field
Jupiter's magnetic field has changed since the 1970s, and now physicists think they know why it's happening.
Day Meets Night in This Amazing Astronaut Photo of Earth from Space
An evocative new photo from the International Space Station shows what it's like to fly along the line between darkness and daylight on planet Earth.
How to See SpaceX's Starlink Satellite 'Train' in the Night Sky
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites in a train Thursday (May 24) and you can see them in the night sky now! Here's how to find out where and when to...
Elon Musk: SpaceX's Bright Starlink Satellites Won't Ruin the Night Sky
SpaceX's brilliant train of Starlink satellites wowed skywatchers after launch. Elon Musk says astronomers shouldn't be worried.
Lightning Strikes Russian Rocket During Satellite Launch (But Everything's Fine)
A bolt of lightning struck a Russian Soyuz rocket during a satellite launch Monday (May 27), but did not hinder the mission.
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day
Europe's city lights gleam through clear skies in this post-sunset photo by Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques.
SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites on Thrice-Flown Rocket, Sticks Landing
Thousands more will follow, if all goes according to plan.
Earth's Oldest Meteorite Collection Just Found in the Driest Place on the Planet
Researchers scouring the desert for space rocks found the oldest collection of meteorites on Earth.
An Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight
The asteroid will pass close enough to Earth that, with some preparation and a decent telescope, amateur astronomers may spot it blotting out the stars.
News analysis: Can Trump Put NASA Astronauts on the Moon by 2024? It’s Unlikely
While the Artemis program faces obstacles, the administration’s plan could speed the status quo for America’s space program.
SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Into Orbit
If the mission is successful, it could point the way toward an important new line of business for the private rocket company.
NASA Satellites Spot Young Star in Growth Spurt
An adolescent star in the midst of a dramatic growth phase has been observed with the help of two NASA space telescopes.
InSight Engineers Have Made a Martian Rock Garden
Reconstructing Mars here on Earth lets them practice setting down the lander's science instruments.
NASA's InSight Places First Instrument on Mars
In deploying its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, the lander completes a major mission milestone.
The Coolest Experiment in the Universe
Inside NASA's Cold Atom Lab on the International Space Station, scientists are creating something colder than a winter's night in Antarctica - or even the dark side of the Moon.
Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar
The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Saturday, Dec. 22, at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers).
Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope
There are thousands of known exoplanets - planets orbiting stars other than our Sun - but citizen scientists have helped discover one that has a rare quality.
Holy Cow! Mysterious Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes
A brief and unusual cosmic flash nicknamed "the Cow" has puzzled astronomers and astrophysicists around the globe, prompting multiple explanations for its origin.
NASA's Cassini Data Show Saturn's Rings Relatively New
New measurements of the mass of Saturn's rings reveal their age - and something they have in common with dinosaurs.
Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn
How long is a day on Saturn? Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have the best answer yet to a central question about the planet.
NASA's Opportunity Rover Logs 15 Years on Mars
The rover landed in a region of the Red Planet called Meridiani Planum 15 years ago today, on Jan. 24, 2004.