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Meteor soars over Statue of Liberty at 34,000 mph, burns up above Manhattan as NYers report shaking: NASA
July 16, 2024 | 8:29pmA daylight fireball or meteor soared over the Upper Bay and the Statue of Liberty and stretched to Midtown before disintegrating, NASA said.
Space telescope’s latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared
July 13, 2024 | 6:44amThe neighboring galaxies, nicknamed Penguin and the Egg, have been tangled up for tens of millions of years, according to NASA.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
July 12, 2024 | 11:30amThe botched mission of the world's most active rocket breaks a coveted success streak that has maintained SpaceX's dominance of the industry.
Astronauts stuck in space from Starliner problems confident Boeing will get them home safely
July 10, 2024 | 9:52pm“We trust that the tests that we’re doing are the ones we need to do to get the right answers, to give us the data that we need to come...
Exoplanet is first detected with potentially life-supporting atmosphere: NASA
July 10, 2024 | 3:57pm"This would be a major milestone in the search for potentially habitable exoplanets."
NASA’s asteroid sample could have come from small ocean world, experts believe
July 1, 2024 | 2:00pm"The presence and state of phosphates, along with other elements and compounds on Bennu, suggest a watery past for the asteroid," said Dante Lauretta, co-lead author of the paper and...
NASA assures that Boeing Starliner astronauts are not 'stranded' on ISS — despite delay in return to Earth
June 30, 2024 | 12:15am"The crew is not in any danger, and there's no increased risk when we decide to bring Suni and Butch back to Earth."
How SpaceX could end up rescuing stranded astronauts if Boeing's Starliner can't be fixed
June 25, 2024 | 5:16pmSpaceX may be forced to come to the rescue of two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner suffered troubling helium leaks.
NASA plans for doomsday scenario of asteroid with 72 percent chance of hitting Earth in just 14 years
June 25, 2024 | 1:50pmWhat if a never-before-seen asteroid barreling in our direction was more than likely to strike Earth?
NASA, Boeing knew Starliner capsule had leak before launch, astronauts stuck at ISS: reports
June 23, 2024 | 6:42pmNASA and Boeing managers knew their Starliner rocket had a leak before launch but believed it was too small to pose a threat -- as two astronauts now remain stuck...
Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck at space station as engineers on Earth race against time to fix multiple issues
June 22, 2024 | 7:16pmThe return trip to Earth for two NASA astronauts who rode to orbit on the trouble-plagued company's Starliner has been delayed for a third time as of Saturday.
'Once-in-a-lifetime' interstellar explosion will be visible from Earth this summer: NASA
June 19, 2024 | 12:05pmNASA has predicted that a "once-in-a-life-time" star explosion -- or nova -- will be visible to the naked eye sometime this summer.
NASA accidentally broadcasts simulation of distressed astronauts on space station
June 13, 2024 | 3:05amSeveral space enthusiasts posted a link to the audio on X with warnings that there was a serious emergency on the ISS.
'Once-in-a-lifetime' nova explosion will appear to add new star to night sky in dazzling spectacle: NASA
June 12, 2024 | 10:59pm“It’ll fuel the next generation of scientists,” said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist.
New research reveals bodily changes space tourists may experience compared to seasoned astronauts
June 11, 2024 | 9:32pmSpace tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit, according to new studies published Tuesday.
Drug-resistant superbug that mutated in orbit thrives inside International Space Station
June 11, 2024 | 2:14pmA scientific study identified a drug-resistant superbug living with astronauts inside the International Space Station, according to a recently published report.
NASA astronauts give tour of Boeing Starliner after arriving at International Space Station
June 9, 2024 | 4:20pmNASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore took the public on a live tour of the Boeing Starliner on Saturday, two days after docking their spacecraft at the International Space Station.
Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays
June 5, 2024 | 11:06amBoeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.
Last-minute computer issues halt Boeing rocket launch moments before takeoff in yet another failure
June 2, 2024 | 10:55amCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute computer trouble nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years.
Popular California lake so consumed by potentially deadly algae, the bright green bloom can be seen from space
June 1, 2024 | 4:24pmA satellite image taken by NASA shows the popular tourist destination so overcome by bright green algae that it is visible from space.