Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: a significant chance that a “city killer” rock could slam into the Moon ...

NASA has scaled back Boeing's Starliner spacecraft program, dropping two planned astronaut missions and converting its next flight into a cargo-only test. The decision follows ongoing technical issues ...

On July 18, 2024, a photograph purportedly released by NASA spread on X, allegedly showing the April 8, 2024, total eclipse. "One of the best shot of Total Solar Eclipse from 08-04-2024. Via NASA," ...

After the Boeing Starliner's troubled June 2024 flight test, Starliner will get another NASA mission. But it will be uncrewed.

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday's arrival of a SpaceX capsule. NASA switched Wilmore and Williams to SpaceX following ...

Scientists have officially ruled out any threat from a newly discovered asteroid. After months of speculation, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed Tuesday that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses ...

It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our asteroid-sleuthing telescopes are working. "These things come through on a ...

The six crew members aboard the International Space Station marked the start of the Paris Olympics in weightlessness. A NASA video showed the astronauts participating in exercises reminiscent of ...

A NASA photographer who captured a photo of the awe-inducing 2024 eclipse from a Midwest location is having his work hailed as among the best images of 2024, the space agency said. The photo by Joel ...

The probability of the asteroid hitting Earth has fluctuated over the past few weeks Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Recently NASA released their findings for how 2024 compared to years past around the world. You may not think of NASA as an organization that would intensively study the Earth, ...