President Trump’s proposed NASA budget looks to drop 41 science missions including 19 that are operational in space. The new space weather missions, though, are more closely tied to his ...

Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

Comets Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why. Comets Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS transforms into a giant 'cosmic rainbow' in trippy new telescope ...

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Davide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies in California. Using ...

If you're up to date on your Voyager news, you will know that the aging spacecraft are slowly saying goodbye to their instruments, as NASA tries to conserve power and get more science data out of the ...

The birth of a new solar system may have been caught on camera. About 1,400 light-years from Earth sits a young sunlike star surrounded by cooling gas and teensy silicate minerals. These mineral ...