Northrop Grumman's 'Cygnus XL' spacecraft makes fiery return to Earth

Northrop Grumman's 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and will make a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

Large filament eruption on sun that was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a huge filament eruption in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Floating, Floating by Augus ...

Cargo spacecraft to crash through Earth's atmosphere, burn up

A cargo resupply spacecraft is on its way back to Earth from the International Space Station, where it will make a fiery reentry Saturday, March 14.
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes James Webb Space Telescope’s Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe to Collection

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...

2 planets collide 11,000 light-years from Earth in rare sight

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created ...

An asteroid the size of a bus made a close flyby of Earth, NASA says

A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

NASA’s DART Impact Actually Changed an Asteroid System’s Orbit Around the Sun

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

NASA shows how Sahara desert dust spread all over Europe

More frequent and intense winter dust events have affected Europe in recent years, according to some new research. Scientists believe that drier-than-normal conditions in northwestern Africa and more ...
Earth.com

NASA confirms its DART mission changed an asteroid’s orbit, offering hope for this planetary defense technique

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.
The Trentonian

NASA clears its Artemis moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts following repairs

NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. Relat ...

NASA's tiny spacecraft sends first exoplanet images

With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA's Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy's most ...
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NASA's 1,300-pound Van Allen Probe A blazes back to Earth, splashes down in Pacific after 14 years in orbit

Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, the satellite blazed through Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the eastern Pacific Ocean, south of Mexico and west of Ecuador, at 6:37 a.m. EDT March 11.