A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and ...

Half of the airframe for the Columbia was built in Tulsa, according to David Blankenship, public relations director for Tulsa ...

On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...

A tiny asteroid will begin to orbit Earth starting Sept. 29 and will essentially act as a mini-moon, according to a new study ...

NASA's Europa Clipper will be exploring whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa could harbor conditions suitable to life. The ...

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

The Lunar Array Mast and Power System (LAMPS) power harvesting tool developed by Honeybee Robotics ends thermal vacuum testing over at the NASA ...

Traditionally, eclipse maps have been constructed from the assumption that the Moon is a perfect sphere and that all ...

Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...

An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as ...