5385 Results From "nasa"

A recent survey uncovered several mysterious objects in the night sky, photographed before the first satellite ever made it to space.
Astronomy

Scientists Find Strange Lights in the Sky in Photographs Before First Satellites Were Launched, Clustered Around When Nuclear Weapons Were Tested

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted hundreds of lonely "planets" that are floating through space without parent stars.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Numerous Pairs of Planets, Hanging Out With No Stars

The United States Space Force has unexpectedly published a photo its top-secret X-37B space plane took while orbiting the Earth last year.
Space Force

Space Force Releases Photo of Earth Taken by Experimental Space Plane

Not everybody is thrilled about the idea of giving away our location to extraterrestrial civilizations, who may be listening in.
Exobiology

Oxford Scientist Worried NASA Project Will Attract “Hostile” Aliens

NASA is hoping to launch a spacecraft to investigate a massive metal-rich asteroid called Psyche, which experts estimate to be worth $10 quintillion.
NASA

NASA Shows Off Spacecraft Visiting $10 Quintillion Asteroid

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has been bagging up dirt and rocks, allowing a future space mission to stop by, scoop them up, and bring them back to Earth.
Mars

Scientists Worried About Military Facility to Store NASA Mars Rocks

A massive, defunct satellite is set to come crashing through the Earth's atmosphere and plummet to the surface below in a matter of weeks.
Off-World

Massive European Satellite to Plummet Back Down to Earth Uncontrollably

Two astronauts on board China's Tiangong space station have lit a candle with a match during a live broadcast.
Off-World

Chinese Astronaut Lights Match in Space

NASA's Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at the agency's jet propulsion lab in California, chained himself to a JP Morgan Chase bank last week to protest government inaction on climate change.
NASA

NASA Scientist Fights Off Tears Over Impending Disaster

NASA's Jim Green is leaving the space agency after four decades, but says he has plans to terraform Mars and make it habitable with a magnetic shield.
Mars

NASA’s Chief Scientist Quits, Says He Has a Plan to Terraform Mars

NASA really doesn't want SpaceX's Starship to blow up on the launch pad at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Reuters reports.
NASA

NASA Afraid SpaceX’s Rocket Will Explode and Blow Up Other Stuff Near It

An elderly woman in Romania was using a seven-pound rock as a doorstop for decades — which turned out to be a $1 million amber nugget.
Science & Energy

Elderly Woman Never Realized Her Doorstop Was Worth More Than a Million Dollars

A March rumor that the Russians were going to abandon an American astronaut aboard the ISS made its way to the astronaut in question in an roundabout fashion. 
NASA

NASA Astronaut Heard Rumor of Being Abandoned in Space From His Wife

After a long series of Starship failures, SpaceX has now pushed back its latest test flight -- and then pushed it back again.
Starship

SpaceX Suddenly Seems Pretty Terrified to Launch Starship After Long String of Super Expensive Explosions

One of Saturn's weirdest moons has been captured by the James Webb Space Telescope spewing a gigantic plume of water vapor.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Catches Saturn’s Moon Squirting

Pop star Katy Perry reportedly regrets being part of Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos' recent rocket ride, following major blowback.
Jeff Bezos

Katy Perry Now Feeling Regret Over Jeff Bezos Rocket Ride

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has made a fascinating discovery on Sol 401, 412 Earth days since landing on the Red Planet: the remains of its parachute.
NASA

NASA Rover Finds Its Own Parachute in Martian Desert

There's significant questions about whether biosignature that the astronomers detected on the exoplanet is actually a sign of life.
Off-World

There’s a Striking Flaw in That Claim About Alien Life on a Nearby Planet

Scientists have found the most compelling evidence to date of alien life — and apparently, the discovery was positively shocking.
Exobiology

Scientist Says Sign of “Teeming” Alien Life Caused Him “Shock”

Need a reminder that the world's not all bad? Here's a super cute photo involving a NASA space shuttle.
NASA

Man Boops Snoot of NASA Space Shuttle