The closest star system to the Sun is the Alpha Centauri system. Viewed face-on, grand spiral galaxy NGC 5643 has a festive appearance in this colorful cosmic portrait. This rare structure is known as ...

Historically, the Quadrantids have the potential of being the most active meteor shower of any given year. Typically, what ...

Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got to within ... [+] just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's surface. NASA’s ...

NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR ...

Outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday he is optimistic SpaceX founder Elon Musk's relationship with President-Elect Donald Trump will help ensure NASA receives the funding needed ...

NASA has a long history of translating astronomy data into beautiful images that are beloved by the public. Through its Chandra X-ray Observatory and Universe of Learning programs, NASA brings that ...

I had my suspicions, but I asked Sten Odenwald, an astronomer and educator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center why it’s so hard to take a decent picture of the drones with your phone.

Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space since June have had their return flight pushed back again, after what was supposed to be an eight-day trip. The agency said it expected Sunita ...

Two stranded NASA astronauts, who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for seven months, just got their return mission extended again. The launch of the next astronaut crew, ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the space agency says. The duo had travelled to the ISS in June on what was ...

NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing's Starliner capsule ...

Due to a delay with SpaceX's Dragon capsule, NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were meant to spend 10 days in space in June 2024, will now not return to Earth until late March 2025 at ...