The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a speed of some 11,453 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NASA’s new chief is reshaping the space agency’s goals, unveiling at an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday an ambitious vision that includes revamped plans for a moon base.

Rock-a-bye, baby. With scientists warning that Earth could be susceptible to thousands of undetected asteroids, Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is developing a planetary defense program that could help protect us against a rock-alypse.

Is Tau Ceti a real star? Is there a rocky exoplanet called Erid? How long can astronauts stay in space? Are there microbes on other planets? NASA has answers, shedding light on the science facts behind the fiction in “Project Hail Mary.

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with "Subscribe." NASA is allowing everyday citizens to take part in ...

An overhaul of NASA's priorities aims to accelerate moon missions and build a lunar base, but the shift will affect the future of Houston-led programs and commercial space stations.

Climate expert Kate Marvel pointed to “upheavals” under the Trump administration as a reason for her departure.

The American space agency has just announced some major changes to the lunar plans by the end of the decade and beyond.

NASA's newly confirmed administrator visited Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and defended the decision to close the facility’s library – NASA’s largest. Jared Isaacman emphasized Goddard’s importance Friday. “We’ve got Roman Space ...

Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. The mission will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since 1972, with the four-person crew ...

NASA has played a central role in some of the most groundbreaking achievements in modern American history, from winning the

The agency’s leader said the plans and timelines for the coming decade aimed to make Americans “start believing again” in the mission of space exploration.