How do spacecraft orbit Earth? Angular momentum explained by NASA

How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA ...

“At First, We Thought Something Was Wrong” – NASA DART Mission Reveals a Cosmic Snowball Fight

Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed the first direct evidence that asteroids in a binary system can exchange rocks and dust. Slow moving debris from the asteroid Didymos appears to have struck ...

Senate Lays Out Its Biggest Plans For NASA In Years, Accelerating Moon Race And Delaying ISS Termination

For a while, NASA's future looked to be on shaky ground, but this new proposal seems like a fresh vote of confidence.

NASA’s DART mission changed an asteroid system’s orbit around the Sun — Scientists revealed how!

NASA’s DART mission not only altered Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos but also slightly shifted the asteroid system’s path ...

Zoomin' with Zoe: A look at the science backing up climate change

The Earth is actually coming out of an ice age, so it's relatively cold in the grand scheme of Earth's history. But the issue ...

Did NASA just move an asteroid around the Sun? New findings from the DART mission surprise scientists

When NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022, the event sounded like something out of a science fiction film. The mission, cal.

Sun unleashes biggest flare of the year - Earth-directed X5 event

Sunspot AR4274 erupted with the biggest solar flare of the year and it has Earth in it's sights. The X5.16-class flare was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: Space.com | footage ...
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NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other

Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint ...

2,000 baby jellyfish into space? NASA’s 1991 experiment revealed how biology works in microgravity

NASA once sent over 2,000 jellyfish into space to study how gravity affects biological development. The unusual experiment ...
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Congress’ updated NASA directive seeks to extend space station life to 2032

A revamped version of a congressional NASA authorization act moving through the U.S. Senate would add two more years of life to the International Space Station among a slew of new directives for the ...

Scientists may have found a huge new shortcut for finding alien planets

A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...

Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, studies warn. Here's what can be done

Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive.