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February 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Chance of ‘city killer’ asteroid striking Earth increases: NASA

The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
February 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
February 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Probability of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade increases, NASA says

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.
February 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Asteroid Psyche (Illustration).
February 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Chances of newly discovered asteroid striking Earth doubled: NASA

The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December 2032 as it approaches during another journey around its orbit, according to NASA.
February 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December 2032 as it approaches during another journey around its orbit, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
February 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM

Suni Williams sets new spacewalk record

Williams has broken the record for the most total spacewalking time by a woman, making her ninth spacewalk.
February 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
VIDEO: Suni Williams sets new spacewalk record
January 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM

How NASA could help solve the mystery of the 2024 temperature spike

Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.
January 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate the PACE spacecraft in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA exploring two options to go forward with Mars Sample Return mission

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a lower cost.
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Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Concept Illustration: A Sample Retrieval Lander would launch in 2028, carrying a NASA-led Mars rocket and small Mars helicopters.
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What the Webb telescope has discovered in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away from the Milky Way.
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Abell 370 galaxy cluster.
2 months ago

Aisha Bowe prepares for historic space voyage as first Black woman aboard Blue Origin

Aerospace engineer and citizen astronaut Aisha Bowe discusses making her dreams come true aboard her upcoming Blue Origin spaceflight.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Aisha Bowe prepares for historic space voyage as first Black woman aboard Blue Origin
2 months ago

NASA to ‘touch the sun’ in historic mission

NASA’s Nicki Rayl discusses the Parker Solar Probe, an “engineering marvel” that will become the closest any human-made object has been to the sun.
2 months ago
VIDEO: NASA to ‘touch the sun’ in historic mission
3 months ago

'Christmas Star': When and where to see the phenomenon

A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in the night sky this weekend.
3 months ago
Stars can be seen in the night sky.
3 months ago

Trump and Musk could redefine space policy

NASA astronaut Dr. Charlie Camarda discusses the dangerous leak on the International Space Station and how Donald Trump and Elon Musk may change NASA space policy.
3 months ago
Trump and Musk could redefine space policy
3 months ago

NASA concerns about persistent oxygen leak aboard International Space Station

The station has been leaking air for five years, and NASA is concerned that this might indicate a potential failure in the structural integrity of the International Space Station.
3 months ago
VIDEO: NASA concerns about persistent oxygen leak aboard International Space Station
3 months ago

NASA's Parker Solar Probe to pass Venus on record-breaking approach to the sun

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to make a record-breaking attempt to get close to the sun.
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Parker Solar Probe.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe to pass Venus

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to make a record-breaking attempt to get close to the sun.
4 months ago
NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to make a record-breaking attempt to get close to the sun.
4 months ago

NASA astronaut who had 'medical issue' released from hospital

A NASA astronaut who experienced a "medical issue" and was hospitalized after partaking in the successful Space X Crew-8 mission has been released, NASA officials said.
4 months ago
This photo provided by NASA shows support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024.
4 months ago

NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon

The spacecraft will complete nearly 50 flybys of the Jupiter moon of Europa to determine if there are conditions suitable for life.
4 months ago
VIDEO: NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon
4 months ago

NASA launches $5 billion mission to Jupiter's moon Europa: What to know

NASA's Europa Clipper is set to launch on Oct. 14 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
4 months ago
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. The mission is targeting an Oct. 10, 2024, launch.
5 months ago

SpaceX Crew-9 docks at International Space Station

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was selected to bring home NASA's astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
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NASA, SpaceX launch capsule to bring home Starliner astronauts

NASA launched SpaceX craft Saturday afternoon, as part of its mission to head to the International Space Station and bring back two stranded astronauts back to Earth.
5 months ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft with a crew consisting of NASA and Roscosmos Astronauts to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Sept. 27, 2024 .
5 months ago

NASA, SpaceX prepare to launch capsule to bring home Starliner astronauts

Saturday’s scheduled launch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will go up with two empty seats in the capsule to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth.
5 months ago
VIDEO: NASA, SpaceX prepare for launch capsule that will bring home stranded astronauts
5 months ago

Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'

The asteroid will orbit the Earth for about two months starting from Sept. 29.
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Mars 'spiders' were a decades-old mystery. Now NASA says they recreated them in a lab

Dubbed "araneiform terrain," the Mars surface formations span over a half-mile long and have hundreds of branches that resemble spider legs, according to NASA.
5 months ago
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region. As the sun returns in the spring, "spiders" begin to emerge from the landscape.
5 months ago

NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ receive Congressional Gold Medal for historic work

The group of female mathematicians and engineers were honored in a ceremony.
5 months ago
The group of female mathematicians and engineers were honored in a ceremony.
5 months ago

NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ receive Congressional Gold Medals

Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers who worked for NASA during the 20th-century space race were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Capitol Hill.
5 months ago
VIDEO: NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ receive Congressional Gold Medals
5 months ago

NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medal for groundbreaking work

The Black NASA female mathematicians and aeronautical engineers referred to as the "Hidden Figures" were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal this week.
5 months ago
This photo provided by NASA shows mathematician Katherine Johnson in 1966.
5 months ago

Polaris Dawn mission ends successfully

The Space-X capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after a five-day trip that took its passengers further from Earth than anyone has traveled since NASA's Apollo missions half a century ago.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Polaris Dawn mission ends successfully
5 months ago

Astronauts 'Butch' and 'Suni' open up about their extended stay in space

Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams are expected to return to earth in February in a SpaceX capsule.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Astronauts 'Butch' and 'Suni' open up about their extended stay in space
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NASA astronauts say they don't feel 'let down' by not returning on Boeing's Starliner

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday they don't feel "let down" by Boeing's Starliner returning to Earth without them and waiting on the ISS until February.
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch in Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 5, 2024.
5 months ago

NASA astronauts in good spirits despite being stranded

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a news conference from the Boeing Starliner at the International Space Station on Friday.
5 months ago
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a news conference from the Boeing Starliner at the International Space Station on Friday.
5 months ago

Starliner capsule lands in Mexico without astronauts

The automated capsule landed in Mexico overnight without the American astronauts that were on board when it launched in June. They will return home with SpaceX when it flies to the ISS in February.
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VIDEO: Starliner capsule lands in Mexico without astronauts
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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns home, but without NASA astronauts

Boeing's Starliner undocked from the ISS on Friday and landed in New Mexico just after midnight.
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Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed, at White Sands, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2024.
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NASA sends Starliner back to earth without astronauts

Due to safety concerns, Boeing's troubled Starliner space capsule returned to earth without crew.
5 months ago
VIDEO: NASA sends Starliner back to earth without astronauts
5 months ago

Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts

The Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts
6 months ago

A university professor will fly into space for a first-of-its-kind experiment

A university professor is about to venture out of this world to carry out a science experiment decades in the making.
6 months ago
University of Florida professors Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul prepare for an experiment aboard the Blue Origin =.
6 months ago

NASA says Boeing's Starliner astronauts will remain on ISS until February

Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams arrived via Boeing Starliner in June, but will return in a different spacecraft. Their mission was slated to last eight days.
6 months ago
VIDEO: NASA says Boeing's Starliner astronauts will remain on ISS until February
6 months ago

NASA not risking the return of astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner

NASA officials said there was “too much uncertainty” about the Boeing Starliner to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth, stretching their eight-day mission into eight months.
6 months ago
VIDEO: NASA not risking the return of astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner
6 months ago

2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft

NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will go home February 2025 on a Space-X craft; Their return delayed another 6 months. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth unmanned.
6 months ago
VIDEO: 2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft
6 months ago

Boeing's Starliner astronauts will return to Earth on different spacecraft: NASA

NASA said Saturday the astronauts who flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
6 months ago
NASA said Saturday the astronauts who flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
6 months ago

Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space will not return until 2025: NASA

NASA said Saturday the astronauts that flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
6 months ago
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test, is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 5, 2024.
6 months ago

NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS

NASA is weighing all options as two astronauts could be stranded on International Space Station until next year.
6 months ago
VIDEO: NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS
6 months ago

NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim

The Perseverance rover will begin the Crater Rim Campaign on Aug. 19.
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The Perseverance rover will begin the Crater Rim Campaign on Aug. 19.
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NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim

The Perseverance rover is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, working to collect data in preparation for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
6 months ago
This panorama shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater’s rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4.
6 months ago

Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025

Former astronaut Cady Coleman explains how the astronauts will be able to survive in space in the coming months and what the potential plan could be to bring them home.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025
6 months ago

NASA says Boeing's Starliner may not be able to bring astronauts home

NASA officials said during a press conference on Wednesday that the astronauts who flew on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft.
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In this June 24, 2024 file photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, center, pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, left, and Tracy Dyson, aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
6 months ago

Boeing's Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft

NASA officials announced that the two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing's Starliner may need to return to Earth on a different spacecraft.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft
7 months ago

New images reveal what NASA learned from colliding a spacecraft into an asteroid

New images released from NASA’s mission to intentionally collide with an asteroid in 2022 have revealed information on the origins of the asteroid system.
7 months ago
Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact in this image taken by DART on board DRACO imager from a distance of 68 kilometers, and released Sep. 26, 2022.
7 months ago

Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
7 months ago
Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
7 months ago

Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
7 months ago
Boeing Starliner spacecraft prepares to dock with the International Space Station for the first time on June 6, 2024.
7 months ago

NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor

ABC News' Rhiannon Ally reports on the rare fireball seen and felt yesterday in the Northeast.
7 months ago
VIDEO:  NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor
7 months ago

NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope

To celebrate the two-year milestone of the James Webb Space Telescope capturing and sending images back to Earth, NASA released another stunning image the revolutionary space telescope took.
7 months ago
VIDEO: NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope