NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth

To avoid Swift being dragged down low enough to hit Earth’s atmosphere, NASA tapped an Arizona-based startup to launch a ...

Goddard wins two NASA Earth missions to help predict, reduce harm from environmental disasters

Two new satellite missions will help NASA scientists better understand Earth and improve the ability to foresee environmental ...

NASA's Hubble telescope captures image of nebula with dying star

The Egg Nebula, located around 1,000 light years away, is home to a dying star entering last phase of its life.

Two new NASA satellites "STRIVE" and "EDGE" to be launched by 2030 to study Earth’s changing systems

NASA has selected two new Earth observation missions namely STRIVE and EDGE to better understand changes in the atmosphere, ...
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NASA is sending Artemis II to the moon. Here’s what to know

The first manned mission of the Artemis program won’t land on the moon, but it aims to take four astronauts farther from the Earth than anyone has gone before.
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NASA alerts Earth to asteroid that could be on a collision path

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen if a space rock really were on a collision course with our planet. The ...
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Airplane sized asteroid 2026 BJ8 races toward Earth at 50,000 kmph, NASA says flyby is safe

An airplane-sized asteroid labeled 2026 BJ8 is racing toward Earth at roughly 50,000 kilometers per hour, but NASA’s tracking shows it will pass at a safe distance. Rather than a disaster warning, the ...
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UB scientists selected for NASA satellite mission to map Earth’s ice sheets and ecosystems

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) team was one of two teams selected out of four finalists for NASA’s Earth System ...

NASA selects two Earth System Explorers missions

Two next-generation satellite missions announced Thursday will help NASA better understand Earth and improve capabilities to ...

NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Tomorrow

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
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Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.