The Latest Breaking News from NASA

NASA says this month’s full moon will rise on September 17 at 10:35pm EDT (02:35 GMT on September 18).

Get your best view of this lunar event above the capital’s skyline

Conservative group investigates NASA's decision to extend astronauts' stay at ISS, raising concerns over political motives and safety in space policy.

Earth will grab itself another moon this month, but only briefly. The "mini-moon" in the form of asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick around for just two months.

The private Polaris Dawn was within view of the ISS when the four-person private mission concluded its work on Sept. 15. Experienced NASA astronaut Don Pettit wielded the camera.

Researchers have recreated the bizarre spider-like features seen on the surface of Mars for the first time ever. The breakthrough could help unravel further mysteries surrounding the static Martian arachnids.

On September 4 2024, astronomers discovered an asteroid, one metre in diameter, heading towards Earth. The space rock would burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere near the Philippines later that day, officials announced. Nevertheless, it produced a spectacular fireball that was shared in videos posted on social media.

A tiny asteroid will orbit around our planet for 53 days from the end of September.

Apophis will come close enough to Earth to be seen with the naked eye in 2029, but a chance encounter with another asteroid could steer 'God of Destruction' space rock destructively close on a future pass.

Northern lights could be visible over mid-latitudes across the US and Europe tonight, Sept. 16. A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on record.