On a clear night, you might see thousands of stars in the sky. Most of these stars are dozens or hundreds of light years away from us. A light year is the distance a beam of light travels in a year: ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. A NASA-sponsored team at the University of Iowa (UI) is restoring and advancing the nation’s capability to make ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Editor’s Note: The article was updated to reflect that the Wolf-Rayet star is located in the constellation Sagitta.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. In this artist's conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing in a nearby star's dusty, ...

Joe A. Adam of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, presented the topic titled “ Surface Science in Microgravity – Fluid Geometry in the Ring-Sheared Drop ,” presented to a broad audience from academia ...

This graph displays data collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover from targets in a rock formation nicknamed Bright Angel.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama under exceptionally clear conditions of Gale Crater's northern rim on Aug. 25, 2025.

This is an artist's impression of a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy as a result of a tussle between it and two other black holes. As the black hole plows through ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the Sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, ...

Written by Eleanor Moreland, Ph.D. Student Collaborator at Rice University Perseverance has continued exploring beyond the rim of Jezero crater, spending time last week at Parnasset conducting a ...

The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) is a platform for amateur radio operators and enthusiasts to use their skills to advance scientific research and understanding of our ionosphere.