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People carrying lanterns watch the sky at night during the annual Perseid meteor shower in El Escorial, outside Madrid, Aug. 13, 2015.
Science & Technology
This Senegalese astronomer is helping NASA measure asteroids in space
In this image made from a NASA livestream, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft crashes into an asteroid
Science & Technology
NASA spacecraft successfully crashes into asteroid during space defense test
Protesting farmers ride tractors and shout slogans as they march to the capital, breaking police barricades, during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India
Top of The World
India repeals controversial farm laws after a year of protests
The lift-off fire from rockets carrying a Chinese space mission are shown with the smoke from blast clouding the bottom of the photograph.
Science
China, Russia agree to build lunar research station
In this handout photo released by Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC) and the Roscosmos space agency, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, center, reacts after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Oct. 22, 2020.
Science & Technology
Cassidy from space: ‘Looking down at Earth, it’s just this blue ball of peace’
A US flag flutters in the breeze. In the background, a rocket launchpad
Science & Technology
What private companies could mean for NASA space exploration
Two NASA astronauts in spacesuits in front of a rocket launch pad
Top of The World
NASA, SpaceX to launch rocket; EU, Japan plan huge stimulus efforts; Twitter marks Trump tweets with fact-check label
a boy looks at a projection of Mars
Science & Technology
NASA aims to build on moon as a way station for Mars
The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft is shown streaking across the sky with a long white cloud of smoke trailing behind it.
Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands safely
Voyager 1
Science
‘Knocking on eternity’s door’ — NASA’s Voyager mission turns 40
Quindar music
Music
A pair of musicians uses Quindar tones to create a musical tribute to space travel
japan moon
Science
Japan wants to put its own astronaut on the moon in 2030
Aurora
Science
Check out this strange ‘glitter bomb’ sky phenomenon that scientists call ‘Steve’
Peggy Whitson
Culture
American astronaut Peggy Whitson just broke a world record
The Mauna Ulu lava shield in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Science
Scientists just used Hawaii as a ‘body double’ for Mars
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin levels the Passive Seismic Experiments Package PSEP. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Credit: NASA
Science
Should we be protecting historic sites in space?
Since Kepler launched in 2009, 21 planets less than twice the size of Earth have been discovered in the habitable zones of their stars. The light and dark green shaded regions indicate the conservative and optimistic habitable zone.
Science
Confirmed: More planets are capable of hosting life than have ever been previously substantiated
NASA Earth Axis v2
Science
Melting ice is causing the Earth’s axis to shift direction
Glacier in Antarctica
Environment
Don’t let Antarctica’s size fool you. It’s melting fast.
A block of Martian concrete made out of Martian soil simulant created by engineers at Northwestern University. Image courtesy of Northwestern University
Science
What space explorers might live in once they get to Mars
Western Antarctic ice sheet
Environment
A prominent scientist says the just-reached COP21 target for climate change may be unrealistic
Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy shortly after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
Science
She’s Italy’s rock star astronaut. And she has landed safely back home
Kelly brother astronauts
Science
NASA is using twin brothers to observe the effects of zero gravity on the human body
Former astronaut Mark Kelly, left, stands across from his brother, Scott Kelly, the current commander of the International Space Station.
Science
A study of astronaut twins will give NASA some key genetic insight
This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres
Science
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is already historic, and it’s just getting started
An artist's rendering of a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant planet.
Science
Life beyond Earth? The best bet may be on moons, not planets
Clyde Foster analyzing data for NASA
Justice
How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America
Spare parts team
Arts
How undocumented high-schoolers from Arizona beat MIT at the nation’s top robotics competition
An unmanned Antares rocket is seen exploding seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in this still image from NASA video at Wallops Island, Virginia, on October 28, 2014.
Science
These kids watched their science project disappear in the Antares rocket explosion
An artist's concept of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft approaching Mars. The probe entered Mars orbit on September 21.
Science
A NASA spacecraft reaches Mars just in time to see an unexpected guest
Ross Lockwood. Photo by Lucie Poulet.
Science
What would life on Mars be like? A Canadian scientist spent months in a NASA-built dome to find out
Astronaut Reid Wiseman's photo from the International Space Station of Hurricane Arthur.
Environment
From space, Hurricane Arthur makes a stunning 4th of July show
NASA technicians work on a Mars-bound spacecraft. Unmanned missions to Mars have mostly been successful, but the effort to sent a human being there is proving a harder task — and a harder sell.
Environment
Plans to put a human on Mars are a mess, says a new report. Should we even try?
Environment
Is there any chance Russia-US tensions could end up on the International Space Station?
Environment
Is there any chance Russia-US tensions could end up on the International Space Station?
NASA simulation of Mars evolution
Environment
NASA video says this is how Mars might once have looked
Environment
Where on Earth is this picture from? Or is it?
NASA’s Voyager Now First Human-Made Object to Leave the Solar System
Environment
NASA wants your help protecting Earth from asteroids
Environment
NASA develops system to recycle space station waste into radiation-protecting tiles
Environment
NASA’s outreach efforts around rover landings capture new attention
Environment
‘Mohawk guy’ becomes the new face of NASA
The First Commercial Flight to the Moon
Space News: For the History Books or the Front Pages?
Environment
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars: What’s next?
Environment
China’s Ambitious Space Program a Point of National Pride
Behind the Scenes at Orbital’s Launch Facility
Have We Given Up on the Final Frontier?
Global Satire
Cartoon: NASA’s Predictions for 2012
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Traveling to Mars
NASA Announces New Rocket Design
Space Travel in the Post-Shuttle Age
Top of the Hour: Chapter Ends in History of Space Flight, Morning Headlines
Environment
NASA’s Mercury Messenger Finds Clues to Planet’s Origins
NASA Nears Space Program’s End
Space Shuttles Go Into Retirement Homes
Arts, Culture & Media
Discovery’s Final Frontier?
Lunar Love
SPACE PLUTONIUM
Forged in the Stars