The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

In July, NASA reported its ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Chile identified a comet ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this ...

On Sept. 24, 2025, NASA launched two new missions to study the influence of the Sun on the solar system, with further missions scheduled for 2026 and beyond.

Stations on planet Earth have sent and received messages beamed via laser from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft over 350 million kilometers (218 million miles) away. This breakthrough in optical communication ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's ...

The US space agency NASA successfully launched three missions into space on Wednesday that seek to map the heliosphere.

A massive asteroid, 2025 FA22, will safely pass Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 4.6 million miles. Initially ...

NASA's Psyche orbiter looked back and snapped a photo of Earth with the moon on its way to the asteroid Psyche in 2029. - NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU illustration As a NASA spacecraft whizzed away from ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.