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Residents in over a half-dozen state took to social media to share their encounters with the Northern Lights as they make a rare appearance in northern states this weekend.

Boeing and NASA had been targeting April for Starliner's Crew Flight Test, but it will now lift off after the private Ax-2 flight, which is targeted for early May.

Russia’s space agency says three astronauts who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be brought back to Earth in late September

A new NASA animation created using data from the Large Area Telescope aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows the sky lit up by gamma-ray flashes.

The unusually large space object will harmlessly bypass the planet this weekend.

In spaceflight, we advance by learning from our mistakes — if, that is, we accept the learning we gain from those failures and apply it to our future endeavors.

SpaceX plans to launch 56 of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea today (March 24), and you can watch the action live.

NASA's Perseverance rover took a brief break from its Mars life hunt on March 18 to capture stunning shots of drifting predawn clouds on the Red Planet.

Sierra Space just destroyed (on purpose) another space module, wrapping up a four-part test series designed to ready its inflatable habitats for future space missions.

A massive asteroid called '2023 DZ2' will come within 100,000 miles of Earth on Saturday, March 25. NASA says this event 'only happens once per decade'.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took to the Martian skies again on Tuesday (March 21), making its 48th flight above the floor of Jezero Crater.

The space rock's anticipated trajectory places it at about half the distance to the moon, so people with telescopes may be able to see it from Earth.

A 'hole' in the sun's upper atmosphere may soon generate another geomagnetic storm here on Earth, creating auroras in places farther from the poles than usual.

Thanks to stunning footage captured by two Mars orbiters, space fans can take a flight through Jezero Crater, the home of NASA's Perseverance rover.

St. Patrick's Day revelers in Sacramento, California witnessed an old piece of the space station burn up in the atmosphere on March 17.

Global sea levels rose more slowly in 2022 than models predicted. But there's no reason to celebrate, according to NASA.

The Artemis 2 moon rocket's core stage is nearly fully assembled aside from the engines. The launcher will send astronauts to the moon as soon as 2024.

A giant coronal hole, spotted Monday, is releasing rapid solar winds expected to reach Earth on Friday, March 24, causing more vibrant aurora borealis.

An image of a crater rim near the moon's south pole shows how NASA's ShadowCam instrument is shining new light on the darker regions of our celestial neighbor.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope team released even more dazzling new images of star-studded clusters light-years away from Earth, including Messier 14 and Messier 7.

Four big asteroids hit Earth in the past million years, according to a new study, suggesting the space-rock danger is higher than thought. But not everyone agrees.

Careful scrutiny of the debris from the impact of NASA's DART mission onto the asteroid Dimorphos has not found any evidence for water ice on the space rock.

Rocket Lab plans to launch two satellites early Wednesday morning (March 22), on a mission that includes a booster recovery at sea. Watch it live here.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured what might be 'the tallest tornado' in the solar system swirling across the north pole of the sun.

A stricken Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) instrument is back online, but NASA officials did not disclose a cause for the issue during commissioning.

Astronomers have completed the first map of water distribution on the moon, including that more water is found in shaded lunar regions than in sunlit ones.

The Europa Clipper is NASA's mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Explore the mission in more detail with our ultimate guide.

An image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures an irregular spiral galaxy known as NGC 5486, which lies close to the much larger and well-known Pinwheel Galaxy.

A new NASA eclipse map shows where and when the annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023, and the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be visible.

Spacewalks and radiation limits were limiting career opportunities for NASA women astronauts. Janet Kavandi pushed back those barriers but says more work is needed.

The next installment of Germanna's Community Conversation series will feature Moogega "Moo" Cooper, the planetary protection lead of the NASA 2020 Mars mission, who will discuss what inspired her love

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently imaged the moon's Malapert Massif, a potential touchdown locale for NASA's Artemis 3 astronaut mission.

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to land payloads on the moon and send another into orbit to provide communications with the lunar far side.

The USPS plans to mark the upcoming plunge to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid.

The near-Earth asteroid 2023 EY will pass within 149,000 miles of Earth tonight (March 16), and you can watch it live thanks to a free telescope livestream.

When the first Canadian to launch to the moon lifts off with NASA's next Artemis mission, he or she will do so wearing the Canadian Space Agency's new logo.

A new NASA report evaluates the costs and benefits of various space debris removal efforts for the estimated 100 trillion bits of space junk in orbit.

NASA said scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Venus for the first time, looking at images taken decades ago by the Magellan mission.

An asteroid that was initially given 1-in-600 chance of wiping out an entire city on Valentine's Day 2046 is now expected to likely pass us without incident.

The vast, swirling ocean within Jupiter's moon Europa may be affecting the rotation of its icy crust, scientists say.

A fresh round of science payloads was sent to the International Space Station to explore topics such as how to minimize microbial contamination inside spacecraft.

NASA's New Horizons probe flew by Pluto nearly eight years ago, but the epic encounter is still bearing scientific fruit.

NASA unveiled new spacesuits designed by Axiom Space on Wednesday that astronauts will wear for the Artemis III mission to the moon some time in 2025.

The spacesuits worn by the first woman and next American astronaut to walk on the moon will remain on a SpaceX lunar lander rather than come back to Earth.

Shortly after coming home from the International Space Station, NASA's Nicole Mann spoke about trying to bring others into the field by sharing her journey.

Axiom Space is targeting November 2023 for the launch of its Ax-3 mission, which will send four private astronauts to the International Space Station for a two-week stay.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star, some 15,000 light-years away, using its instruments to peer through surrounding dust.

After 40 years Nasa's astronauts finally get a spacesuit upgrade for their next mission to the Moon.

NASA's Artemis III excursion is expected to send humans back to the moon in 2025.

Dubbed AxEMU, the next generation suit is designed to be safe, flexible, and capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures experienced at the lunar south pole, where two NASA astronauts are expected to land later this decade.

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade.

In a story published March 14, 2023, about the release of a Webb Space Telescope image, The Associated Press, relying on information from NASA, erroneously reported the location of the pictured star.

Four space station astronauts are back on Earth after a quick SpaceX flight home.

SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone.

Russia has launched a rescue ship for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride sprang a dangerous leak at the International Space Station.

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang.

Russian space officials say a coolant leak from an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has resulted from an external impact and not a manufacturing flaw.

Experts believe the meteor measured about two feet in diameter and weighed about one-thousand pounds.

The Russian space corporation and NASA say a coolant leak has occurred on an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station.

SpaceX is a big step closer to sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, completing an engine-firing test at the launch pad.

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.

A comet that hasn’t been seen since the ice age will be visible in the northern hemisphere in January and early February.

Twenty years ago, NASA’s Columbia space shuttle crashed to the Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board and sending debris scattered across 200 miles. San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood was deployed to search for that crucial debris.

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years.

NASA is marking the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts.

An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded.

The first Native American woman in space has ventured out on her first spacewalk.

Space lovers unite! The International Space Station will be passing through the South Central Texas sky Sunday evening.

The comet is the expected to make its closest pass of Earth sometime between Feb. 1 and 2, possibly even sooner sometime at the end of January.

Scientists at NASA have discovered a new Earth-sized planet orbiting the habitable zone of its star.

Texas, and more specifically some areas of San Antonio and the Hill Country, have the rare luck of seeing two solar eclipses within six months.

NASA has been tracking the hole in the ozone layer over Antartica since the 1980s, monitoring it as it slowly grew. However, a new report headed by the United Nations shows that the hole is actually shrinking, and on track to recover to 1980′s levels by the year 2040 -- and in the most damaged areas, by 2066.

Government science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring.

Russia will send up a new capsule next month to bring back three space station astronauts whose original ride home was damaged.

After almost 40 years circling Earth, a NASA satellite has plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere.

A retired science satellite is about to fall from the sky but NASA says the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.”.

A comet that hasn’t been seen since the ice age will be visible in the northern hemisphere in January and early February.

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, has died.

It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander on Mars.

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's surface water has rocketed into orbit.

A Russian space official says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station could have been caused by a micrometeorite strike.

NASA and Russia’s space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts just as they were preparing to exit the International Space Station.

A NASA rover on Mars by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed overhead last year and caught the sound.

NASA’s Orion capsule is back from the moon.

Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon’s surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus.

NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight.

An Our Lady of the Lake alum reflects on advice that blasted off her career as a NASA employee, connecting her to the launch of Artemis I.

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.

NASA's Orion capsule is now circling the moon in an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles.

NASA's new Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now have been hidden from view.

A space capsule is hurtling toward the moon for the first time in 50 years.

NASA has managed to plug a leak while fueling its new moon rocket for a middle-of-the-night launch.

NASA is making another attempt to launch its new moon rocket on its first test flight.

NASA is counting down to this week's planned liftoff of its new moon rocket after an evaluation of hurricane damage.

NASA says its moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane and is on track for liftoff next week.

A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic.

A satellite intended to improve weather forecasting and an experimental inflatable heat shield to protect spacecraft entering atmospheres have been launched into space from California.

A Northrop Grumman capsule has delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station despite a jammed solar panel.