Today at 1:21 a.m. EST, NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft in the first-ever “full-scale planetary defense test” to deflect an asteroid, the Agency reports.

NASA’s Lucy, the first-ever mission to study a set of mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun with Jupiter, will launch tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 16).

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun like never before. It's hurtling toward the star at the center of our solar system at 120 miles per second, making it the ...

An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021.

Less than two weeks ago, the Trump administration asked NASA to investigate whether it should add crew to a the first flight of the Space Launch System. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs ...

NASA’s biggest obstacle to sending humans to Mars may not be related to line items in budgets, but to the safety of the astronauts themselves. Despite having sent humans into space for nearly 55 ...

NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio ...

At 12:33 a.m. EST on New Year’s Day, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to the most distant object humankind has ever explored: Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69, better known ...

In contrast to a normal nova explosion, V838 Monocerotis did not expel its outer layers, NASA reported. Instead, it ballooned in size, and its surface temperature dropped to temperatures not much ...

NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers exceeded their expected lifespan on Mars. Unique Martian weather conditions may have played a role in restoring their energy levels.