3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (763+ words) Psyche is a NASA mission to study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s first mission to study an asteroid that has more metal than rock or…...

3+ day ago   (124+ words) Putting Pluto’s Geology on the Map NASA Science (.gov) NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (186+ words) How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (469+ words) Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not one, but two long-standing questions in astrophysics....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (122+ words) Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 Second, Saturday, Aug. 29, marked 5,000 Martian days (or sols) since Curiosity landed on Mars (that's more than 5,137 Earth days, because…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (273+ words) The next International Observe the Moon Night will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2026. International Observe the Moon Night is a time to come together with fellow Moon enthusiasts and curious people worldwide. Everyone on Earth is invited to learn about…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (404+ words) A Unique, Metal Rich World Psyche is a giant metal rich asteroid, about three times farther away from the Sun than is Earth. It has an irregular, potato-like shape. If Psyche were sliced in half horizontally at its equator it…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (145+ words) NASA Science (.gov) Spacesuits, Exercise, and Cargo Ops Wrap Week Aboard Station NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Builds Momentum Through 25th Flight NASA’s Hubble Spies Superbubble Scene…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (157+ words) NASA has made 10 new awards through the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) program. The PISCASSO23 projects will expand NASA’s portfolio of technology available for the development of missions exploring a wide range of environments, from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (234+ words) Commercial Spacecraft for NASA’s Swift Boost Continues Tech Demo NASA Science (.gov) Commercial Spacecraft for NASA’s Swift Boost Continues Tech Demo A solar panel on Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft is seen in orbit, in this image…...