The Latest Breaking News from NASA

The enormous near-Earth asteroid (887) Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to watch it live this weekend.

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

QUBT stock’s 1,000% surge and NASA partnership have investors buzzing, but Nvidia’s CEO just dropped a bombshell about quantum computing’s timeline.

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at play.

The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and "no science data has been lost."

Luke Jerram’s latest work, entitled Helios, includes the sound of the sun captured by Nasa.

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

NASA astronauts have spent seven months aboard the International Space Station, far exceeding their planned eight-day mission after safety concerns grounded their return spacecraft. Despite the extended stay, they remain focused on scientific research and maintenance tasks, with plans to return to Earth in April 2025 aboard a SpaceX vehicle.

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance these samples contain evidence of alien life.