NASA's 2024 started with a crash that brought an abrupt end to one of its most remarkable missions of recent years.

Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...

Astrophysicists now await a data transmission that will improve understanding of the sun's solar wind and the heat of its ...

Watch the ‘Perseverance’ rover land on Mars in this just-released video New footage from the Mars 2020 'Perseverance' rover reveals the sights inside the "7 Minutes of Terror"—and marks the ...

Earth captured asteroid 2024 PT5 back in September and expected to hold on to it till November according to Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. See an orbit ...

Deep Space Station 23's 133-ton reflector dish was recently installed, marking a key step in strengthening NASA's Deep Space ...

JPL's Mojave Desert-based facility upgrade will enhance NASA's deep space communications capabilities for decades.

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, two big missions got snagged on workforce issues Scientists operate a copy of a Mars rover within the Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena ...

Pocked with craters, the surfaces of many celestial bodies in our solar system provide clear evidence of a 4.6-billion-year ...

The Death Valley Dark Sky Festival is scheduled Feb. 21-23 with astronomy programs each night and educational presentations ...

Started by graduate students from the California Institute of Technology in the late 1930s, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was instrumental in the development of early rocket technology in ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment. If you are staying local in Chicago ...