February 25, 2019 Stunning new Mars images show where ancient rivers once flowed on Red Planet Although we think of Mars as a dry and dusty wasteland, it once contained enormous amounts of water at its surface.
February 24, 2019 'Hidden Figures' scientist Katherine Johnson gets NASA facility named in her honor Katherine Johnson, the former NASA mathematician whose journey was showcased in the 2016 movie "Hidden Figures," received a huge gift from the agency that employed her years ago.
February 24, 2019 NASA concerned as iceberg twice the size of New York City is about to break off from Antarctica Scientists warned Sunday that a massive iceberg will soon calve — or break off — from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf and they're increasingly concerned about the "uncertain future" it creates for future research opportunities there.
February 22, 2019 Israel’s first moon lander launches on SpaceX rocket CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country’s first attempted lunar landing, following a launch Thursday night by SpaceX.
February 22, 2019 Meet Hippocamp: Neptune's smallest moon has a name (and a violent past) A faint and frigid little moon doesn't have to go by "Neptune XIV" anymore.
February 21, 2019 Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe set to 'fire a bullet' into an asteroid The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft will briefly touchdown onto asteroid Ryugu Thursday evening, firing a scientific research “bullet” into the space rock.
February 21, 2019 Israel's Moon landing mission set for liftoff Israel will launch its historic mission to land on the Moon when the unmanned Beresheet spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday.
February 21, 2019 Stunning images show Earth's natural beauty in new NASA book NASA is celebrating Earth's incredible natural beauty with a new book featuring stunning images collected from the space agency's many satellites.
February 21, 2019 A brilliant daytime meteor exploded over Cuba this month. Here's where it came from Astronomers just got the goods on the meteor that flared up over Cuba earlier this month.
February 21, 2019 'Rubber Ducky' comet is stressed and keeps cracking its neck The rubber ducky comet's head has spent 4.5 billion years trying to twist away from its neck.