An Earth-observing radar satellite launched in July jointly between the U.S. and India has returned its first images of our planet’s surface.

A NASA logo is displayed at the entrance to the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building on June 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) NASA is inviting the public to join ...

The first radar images from the joint NISAR satellite mission show detailed views of Maine’s coast and the wetlands in North Dakota.

The Moon has always been a plain, grayscale, landscape. Its plains and craters offer some variety, but the lunar surface blends into a uniform dullness.

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will rocket Optimus bots on the first Starships sent to Mars, but a leading robotics scholar predicts their space odyssey will be short-lived.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Curiosity and the desire to explore are traits deeply rooted in human nature. Space exploration is no exception; it reflects humanity's timeless drive to seek new horizons, challenge our limits, and ...

Peaking on October 21, the Orionids promise about 20 meteors per hour. This shower occurs as Earth passes through debris from Halley's Comet, offering a spectacular display. For the best viewing ...

Scientists solve a 15-year Mars mystery, confirming ferric hydroxysulfate formed by volcanic and hydrothermal heating across key Martian sites.

What type of lander could touch down on Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io? This is what a recent paper presented at the AIAA 2025 Regional Student Conference hopes to address as a team of student engineers ...

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly impacts ...

It is essentially impossible to functionally change the passing of time on Earth; despite this, NASA has announced that a man-made structure in China has done exactly that.China's Three Gorges Dam has ...