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3200 Phaethon Pictures Show Dark Heart Of ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Giant Asteroid

Astronomers at the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico took radar images of the large asteroid Phaethon as it passed close to Earth this month.

NASA Video Shows Saturn’s Moons Performing ‘Ballet’ Set To Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker Suite’

With its rings and many moons, Saturn makes for an interesting sight already. The montage video, compiled from Cassini photographs, is quite breathtaking.

Who Is Bruce McCandless? NASA Astronaut Famous For Spacewalk Dies

A NASA astronaut, the first to go on a spacewalk without a tether, died on Dec. 21.

NASA Is Building Water-Searching Moon Rover

NASA is working on building a rover that will search the moon for water and other resources key for deep space exploration.

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NASA To Announce Finalists For Space Mission Today: Who Are The Contenders?

Watch NASA announce the finalists for the next New Frontiers mission today. Who are the teams in contention and what do they want NASA to study next?

Cosmic Rays Trigger Climate Change On Earth By Increasing Cloud Cover: Study

Cosmic ray activity was linked to the Medieval Warm Period around 1,000 AD and the Little Ice Age between 13th and 19th centuries.

Before Crewed Mars Mission, NASA Wants To Study How Space Affects Humans

The space agency wants to understand how a long-term stay in space affects the human body before it decides to send a crewed mission to Mars.

NASA Planning A Proxima Centauri Expedition In 2069 To Find Alien Life?

The space agency is reportedly working on creating a spacecraft by 2069 that will travel at a tenth of the speed of light, which would take about 40 years to reach Proxima Centauri.

What Does Space Smell Like? Roscosmos Astronaut Explains

Sergey Ryazanskiy, who returned to Earth from the International Space Station, explained what space really smells like.

Thomas Fire Could Keep Burning Thanks To Poor Weather Conditions, NASA Says

The Thomas fire is less than 50 percent contained and the weather hasn't been helping firefighters put it out.

International Space Station Gets SpaceX Dragon Cargo, New Crew Members On Way

A few hours after three astronauts took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Sunday, SpaceX’s cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft attached itself to the International Space Station.

Watch Live: ISS Astronauts Capture Dragon, What Experiments Are On Board?

The Dragon capsule is expected to rendezvous with the International Space Station early Sunday morning, watch it live here.

NASA's Replica Orion Spacecraft's Drop-Test Footage Studying Complex Parachute System Released

Orion mission undergoes latest drop-test to analyze the highly-complex parachute system that could help bring humans back to Earth after deep space exploration.

Sun May Be Dimming: NASA To Confirm Declining Luminosity Using SpaceX's Payload

Data obtained by NASA's Total Solar Irradiance Sensor showed sun is entering a 11-year cyclic electromagnetic output low and this could continue diminishing over time.

3200 Phaethon: Everything We Know About 'Potentially Dangerous' Giant Asteroid Hurtling Toward Earth

The 3200 Phaethon will pass by Earth Saturday.

ISS Astronauts To Watch ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ In Space: NASA

NASA announced they will uplink the latest installment of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" to the International Space Station for astronauts aboard. The file will be sent from mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Watch Live: SpaceX Rocket Launch And Landing From ISS Resupply Mission

SpaceX will attempt to make history and launch a used Dragon craft with a used Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday for a resupply mission.

NASA Kepler Discovery: Eighth Planet Found In Alien Solar System Ties Our Own

Astronomers say an eighth planet the Kepler Space Telescope and Google-designed artificial intelligence found in an alien solar system means it has tied our own solar system for most planets discovered in one place.

Watch Live: NASA, Google Kepler Space Telescope Announcement

NASA and Google are making an announcement about a discovery made by the Kepler space telescope, watch the announcement live.

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Saturn's Gargantuan Northern Storms Disrupt Atmospheric Patterns At The Equator: Cassini Shows

Researchers observed how gargantuan storms disrupted atmospheric patterns and found several parallels to similar phenomena on Earth and Jupiter.

Delayed SpaceX Launch, How Long Can Space Station Go Without Resupply?

The astronauts on the space station are in no danger of running out of supplies due to the delayed SpaceX resupply launch.

NASA Video Explains Bright Spots On Ceres: Geological Processes Show Active Planet

According to the video, the bright spots revealed evidence of Ceres' past subsurface ocean and also indicated the dwarf planet is surprisingly active.

NASA New Horizon's Kuiper Belt Target MU69 Could Be Hiding A Moon

NASA's New Horizon space probe will encounter the mysterious MU69 in the Kuiper belt on New Year's Day 2019. New data analysis shows that the object could be a binary system with an orbiting moon.

NASA’s Exoplanet Hunter: What The Kepler Space Telescope Has Found So Far

The Kepler Space Telescope has found a planet with two suns and a bunch of planets that look a lot like Earth.

Hubble Captures Outer Space 'Snow Globe' In Star Cluster Messier 79

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this incredible image of the massive and dense star cluster Messier 79.

Cassini Data Shows Shadows Cast By Saturn's Rings Affect Its Ionosphere

The new findings made by researchers from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center demonstrate that the rings block the sun's ultraviolet radiations, reducing ionization in regions under the shade.