Science Mar 02 Private lunar lander successfully touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions.
Science Feb 25 Scientists (mostly) rule out this newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth in the next decade There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.
Science Feb 10 In our cosmic neighborhood, space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away.
Science Feb 05 Researchers say an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon That's good news for NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side later this decade.
Science Jan 30 Two stuck NASA astronauts take their first spacewalk together after 8 months aboard the International Space Station NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.
Nation Jan 16 Suni Williams, astronaut stuck in space, performs spacewalk for ISS repair work One of NASA's two stuck astronauts is getting a change of scenery. Suni Williams stepped out on a spacewalk Thursday, her first since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago.
Nation Jan 13 Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown Launch controllers had to deal with an unspecified rocket issue in the final minutes of the countdown and ran out of time.
World Dec 16 Study suggests Saturn’s rings could be 4.5 billion years old just like the planet New research suggests that Saturn's rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet.
Nation Dec 05 Stuck Starliner astronauts hit 6 months in space with 2 more to go until they can return NASA's two stuck astronauts have hit the six-month mark in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have two more months to go before their mission comes to a close.
Politics Dec 04 Trump picks Jared Isaacman, billionaire who performed first private spacewalk, to lead NASA President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA.