NASA air pollution monitor platform launched to space

The TEMPO spectrometer will measure air quality and pollution across North America to improve forecasting.

• Apr 7, 2023

Helicopter breaks record for speed and altitude on Mars

After becoming the first machine to fly in Mars' thin atmosphere, Ingenuity continues to set records on the red planet.

• Apr 5, 2023

NASA astronauts on being selected for Artemis II mission: "What we live for"

The Artemis II mission is intended to pave the way toward the next moon landing and eventually fly to Mars.

• Apr 4, 2023

NASA introduces next astronauts to fly to the moon

Three NASA veterans, including one of the world's most experienced female spacewalkers, and a Canadian rookie astronaut will fly around the moon next year.

• Apr 3, 2023

When you can see the "Pink Moon"

April's full moon will rise this week.

• Apr 2, 2023

Astronomers find "the cow" 180 million light years away

"The cow" is a rare kind of star explosion that happens when it's too bright and evolves too quickly: "Put simply, they are weird, and this new observation makes them even weirder."

• Mar 31, 2023

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit to cut 85% of its workforce

Rocket company is halting its operations indefinitely after failing to secure new funds following scrubbed mission.

• Mar 31, 2023

Boeing's Starliner faces another launch slip, this time to late-July

Boeing had hoped to launch its first crew to the International Space Station in 2020, but major softwar problems in 2019 delayed test flights.

• Mar 29, 2023

Recent cosmic explosion likely the "brightest of all time," NASA says

The signal from this burst, experts found, had been traveling for about 1.9 billion years before reaching Earth.

• Mar 29, 2023

Time lapse video shows large asteroid's "very close" flyby of Earth

The airplane-sized asteroid passed by last week on a track that placed it between the Earth and moon's orbits, which is relatively rare.

• Mar 28, 2023

New Shepard launch abort blamed on engine nozzle failure, Blue Origin says

Blue Origin says fixes are being implemented and New Shepard sub-orbital flights will resume "soon."

• Mar 24, 2023

3D printed rocket blasts off but fails to reach orbit on maiden flight

While the Terran 1 rocket didn't reach orbit, builder Relativity Space says it achieved major objectives.

• Mar 23, 2023

Large asteroid to fly between Earth and the moon on Saturday

The space rock's anticipated trajectory places it at about half the distance to the moon, so people with telescopes may be able to see it from Earth.

• Mar 22, 2023

5 planets will align across the sky on Tuesday night. Here's how to see them

Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will align on Tuesday night.

• Mar 28, 2023

Mystery solved after strange streaks of light seen in California sky

The flaming bits of wreckage created a "spectacular light show" and were going thousands of miles per hour, an astronomer said.

• Mar 20, 2023

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