On March 21,2026 a meteor fireball streaked over Houston, causing sonic booms and shakes across southeast Texas. NASA confirms the 1-ton rock exploded with 26 tons of TNT energy. Meanwhile, we're tracking the chance for record-breaking heat.
Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.
A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.
NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.
A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.
NASA's Mike Fincke has identified himself as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical evacuation.
Astronaut Mike Fincke released a statements weeks after NASA made a rare move to cut the crews mission short after Fincke experienced a medical issue in space.
NASA plans to roll the Artemis II rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after high winds and cold temperatures halted launch pad work at Kennedy Space Center.
NASA's new boss is blasting Boeing and the space agency for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station.
NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal.
The International Space Station is back to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts.
The replacements for the astronauts involved in NASA's first medical evacuation are on their way to the International Space Station.
NASA has run into a leak while fueling its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test before sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around.
NASA has delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.
Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago.
The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy" during the medical crisis.
In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.
As the clock struck midnight, it brought in a new year but also ushered out a critical lifeline of affordability for many dependent on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance.
Houston students got a front-row seat to the future of space exploration this week, and the chance to show off designs inspired by it.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery.
Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.
A U.S.-Russian crew of three has started a mission at the International Space Station after their launch on a Russian spacecraft.
Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.
Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket.
President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.
The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind.
NASA has released the first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite showing the Maine coast and Minnesota farmland in incredible detail.
According to NASA’s website, the selected candidates will undergo nearly two years of training before they become flight-eligible astronauts for agency missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and ultimately, Mars.
“As space infrastructure moves from government-led to commercially operated, it’s critical we preserve and expand access to low-Earth orbit (LOE) for science,” Dr. Lucie Low, Axiom’s chief science officer, said.
A supply ship has arrived at the International Space Station after a day's delay due to a premature engine shutdown.
According to its website, NASA is seeking “volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth."
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and other issues.
Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International Space Station and lunar research with NASA’s acting chief, the first such face-to-face meeting in more than seven years.
NASA and India have paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking the slightest changes in land and ice.
The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports.
The International Space Station's first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary are headed back to Earth.
In response to the Hill Country floods and the widespread devastation in Kerr County, NASA has deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations.
More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a fireball streak across the sky, and NASA has determined that it was a meteor.
The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.
A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.
A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.
It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all.
"The studies will contribute to the global knowledge base in human research, Earth observation, and life, biological, and material sciences, showcasing the space research capabilities of the crew’s home nations," Axiom Space said in a statement.
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
The nominee for NASA's top job is outlining his vision for space exploration, highlighting Mars.
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck.