‘Zero chance’ infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth

Illustrations of the solar system context and encounter circumstances for 4544 Xanthus, 2009 JG2, 2016 FB12…

NASA Awards Contracts for Flight, Payload Integration Services

NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and…

James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation

An artistic impression adapted to highlight gas dispersing from a planet-forming disk. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser The…

NASA to Demonstrate Miniature CubeSat Swarm Technology

Preparations are underway for a new, small spacecraft technology demonstration that will test cost-efficient swarm capabilities…

NASA to Demonstrate Miniature CubeSat Swarm Technology

Preparations are underway for a new, small spacecraft technology demonstration that will test cost-efficient swarm capabilities…

Massive Stars Have the Power to Shape Solar Systems

Stars shape their solar systems. It’s true of ours, and it’s true of others. But for…

New study addresses how lunar missions will kick up moondust

A look at the Apollo 12 landing site. Astronaut Alan Bean is shown working near the…

Women of NASA Langley Research Center

In honor of Women’s History Month and those who paved the way for them, hundreds of…

Astronomers Can See the Impact Site Where an Asteroid Crashed Into a White Dwarf

Nothing is immortal. Everything has a finite existence, including the stars themselves. How a star dies…

Fixing space-physics mistake enhances satellite safety

The Van Allen radiation belts provide a natural analog to artificial radiation belts that could occur…