Jim Free, associate administrator at NASA, is set to retire on Feb. 22 after three decades of service.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free retires after 30+ years, leaving a legacy of leadership in space exploration.

NASA shared new ground-based telescope observations of the rock, which is estimated be about 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 metres ...

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announced Wednesday his retirement, effective Saturday, Feb. 22. As associate ...

Official portrait of NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, taken on Nov. 22, 2024, at the agency's headquarters in ...

Chances are increasing that a large asteroid, dubbed YR4, will strike Earth in 2032, possibly resulting in large-scale ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will award its 2025 Michael Collins Trophy to Margaret Hamilton for Lifetime Achievement and the OSIRIS-REx Team for Current Achievement. These annual ...

Japanese researchers have discovered salt minerals on the asteroid Ryugu, suggesting that liquid water may have once been ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 have risen again (again), making it the most dangerous ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that this near-Earth visitor poses no threat to our planet.

NASA has recently increased the odds that asteroid YR4, a "city-killer" rock, could strike Earth in 2032. The space agency now estimates the chances of a collision at 1-in-38, or ...

After asteroid 2024 YR4 first flew into view of NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in December 2024 ...