What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance rover, the answer lies in a place chosen for its ancient promise. Jezero Crater was selected because orbital views had already revealed channels and a fan-shaped delta,

The Van Allen probe, which studied how the Earth is protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know

NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on upheaval within NASA last year.

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with "Subscribe." NASA is allowing everyday citizens to take part in ...

Under a new partnership with the Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS), NASA will provide new advanced satellite data to support fisheries and marine science research. As part of the partnership,

The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new detail

At roughly 250,000 kilometers per hour, comet 3I/ATLAS did not merely enter the inner solar system; it tore through it at a speed that made every observation window brief and technically demanding. That urgency helps explain why NASA’s close-range images ...

STILL LOOKING FOR THE ATTACKER. TONIGHT. TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT NASA’S VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING. LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND FOR A HOUSE BILL THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR NASA AND THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET. THE HOUSE ...

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket,