The Latest Breaking News from NASA

NASA says this month’s full moon will rise on September 17 at 10:35pm EDT (02:35 GMT on September 18).

Get your best view of this lunar event above the capital’s skyline

On September 4 2024, astronomers discovered an asteroid, one metre in diameter, heading towards Earth. The space rock would burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere near the Philippines later that day, officials announced. Nevertheless, it produced a spectacular fireball that was shared in videos posted on social media.

A tiny asteroid will orbit around our planet for 53 days from the end of September.

Apophis will come close enough to Earth to be seen with the naked eye in 2029, but a chance encounter with another asteroid could steer 'God of Destruction' space rock destructively close on a future pass.

Northern lights could be visible over mid-latitudes across the US and Europe tonight, Sept. 16. A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on record.

This NASA photo shows astronaut Mark C. Lee testing out the SAFER space rescue system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken things to the extreme, studying the outer edge of our own galaxy, the Milky Way and producing a stunning new image.