Withholding congressionally appropriated NASA science funds signals a broader crisis of democratic governance, not just ...
She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a ...
Officials have directed the space agency to pause funds for a host of science missions the White House originally pushed to cancel in its 2026 budget request, according to a letter sent to the ...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed NASA to temporarily pause funding for a number of science missions. The move aligns with the White House’s proposed cuts for NASA’s 2026 budget, ...
NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.
NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with ...
NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...
Mars Sample Return was supposed to be NASA’s crowning achievement in planetary science—bringing pristine Martian rock back to Earth to search for ancient life. Instead, spiraling costs, schedule ...
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a 21-year-old space telescope that has tracked gamma-ray bursts and cosmic explosions since 2004, is losing altitude fast enough that the agency has suspended ...