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NASA unveils dazzling new images of the ‘Cat’s Eye Nebula’

The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new ...

Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by ...

NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.

A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.

Boeing’s Contribution to NASA’s Moon Program Just Took a Major Hit

A pending contractor switchup marks another blow to Boeing, which is struggling to prove itself as a reliable strategic ...

Congress’ updated NASA directive seeks to extend space station life to 2032

A new NASA authorization bill moving through the U.S. Senate would extend the International Space Station’s life among other ...

NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity's return to the moon?

In a major shakeup of the Artemis program, NASA is adding more missions to its timeline to land astronauts on the moon in 2028.
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Solar storms, AI forecasts, and the future of safe flight on Earth and in space

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sit down with Dr. Lulu Zhao, an ...

NASA pulls off mini ‘Armageddon’ test run, alters asteroid’s path

Launched in 2021 on the world’s first planetary defense exercise, the Dart spacecraft deliberately plowed into Dimorphos, which orbits a bigger asteroid, Didymos, as they circle the sun together. The ...
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NASA revises plans for future Artemis missions, cancels upgrades to SLS

NASA made major changes to its Artemis lunar architecture, adding a test flight of lunar landers in Earth orbit while ...
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NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say

U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built ...

With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space Launch ...

NASA is sending its first Black and first female astronauts to the moon

NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to ...