May 1, 2019 X-37B military space plane's latest mystery mission passes 600 days The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane has now been circling Earth for more than 600 days on its latest mystery mission.
May 1, 2019 Astronaut Terry Virts: How Apollo 11 inspired my space journey Terry Virts was just a year old when Neil Armstrong took and Buzz Aldrin took their historic first steps on the Moon. A few years later, the epic Apollo 11 mission sparked a lifelong passion for space in the youngster, laying the foundations for his future career as an astronaut.
May 1, 2019 Black hole spits out high-energy jets at near light-speed A stunning new image reveals two jets of high-energy material being spewed at nearly light-speed from the first-ever photographed black hole .
May 1, 2019 Huge 'God of Chaos' asteroid to pass near Earth in 2029: report A 1,110-foot asteroid will fly past Earth in 2029 within the distance of some orbiting spacecraft, according to reports.
April 30, 2019 'Organs on chips' set for launch to the International Space Station The next resupply mission to the International Space Station will contain sophisticated ‘organs-on-chips’ designed to provide valuable scientific data for future human spaceflight and diseases on Earth.
April 30, 2019 Moon mystery solved? Study suggests giant space rock hit Earth 4.5B years ago A new study suggests that the formation of Earth's Moon may have stemmed from a giant space rock that hit our planet nearly 4.5 billion years ago, while it was still forming.
April 30, 2019 NASA chief warns asteroid threat is real: ‘It’s about protecting the only planet we know to host life' NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is sounding the alarm that an asteroid strike is not something to be taken lightly and is perhaps Earth's biggest threat.
April 30, 2019 The most distant object ever explored is lumpy. And astronomers don't know why. Ultima Thule is lumpy, and scientists aren't sure why.
April 29, 2019 NASA aims to probe mysterious atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune Nearly 30 years after a NASA spacecraft visited the farthest planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune, the space agency is looking to go back.
April 29, 2019 NASA gameplans massive asteroid strike World governments have been concerned for decades about a potential asteroid collision and the chaos it would cause Earth. Now, the actions of what agencies around the world are being shared with the public for the first time ever on social media.