Arrokoth is composed of two separate bodies, 3 and 9 miles across. In the distant past they rotated so slowly about each other that their mutual gravitational attraction caused them to come together ...
A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...
Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.
State Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, is sponsoring a bill that would establish a Spaceport Exploration Committee. That ...
The NASA+ film explores a compelling question: How would humanity respond if we discovered an asteroid headed for Earth? Far ...
Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely ...
Trailer for NASA's upcoming documentary, "Planetary Defenders," which will take audiences inside the high-stakes world of asteroid hunting and ...
Some space conspiracy theories just won't go away.
The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.
The race to return to the Moon and push beyond has entered a new, more intense phase. While Elon Musk and NASA have been ...
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes captured imagery of the aftermath from ...
Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life.