The Latest Breaking News from NASA

The first scientific balloon flight happened on Dec. 16, 2025.

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it."

President Donald Trump signs the 'Ensuring American Space Superiority' order, mandating nuclear reactors in space and a 2030 lunar base to secure US interests.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passes Earth, stunning scientists with a million-kilometre anti-tail and prompting reflections on humanity's place in the cosmos.

Harvard professor and astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb says 3I/ATLAS is 'most likely natural' after speculations of 'alien tech' in an interview.

The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS appears to be 'ignoring' Earth, as Avi Loeb explores its mysterious anti-tail and 2026 approach to Jupiter.

A bevy of comets, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and impressive northern lights were just three of the skywatching highlights in 2025. Here's how they unfolded.

ESA's JUICE probe captures the 7-billion-year-old 3I/ATLAS comet.

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS swept past Earth on 19 December 2025, viral theories claimed cosmic indifference or alien intent. Here is what happened and why astronomers were watching so closely.

Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.

This mash-up of data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals two galaxies mid-collision, with their spiral arms overlapping and bending toward their neighbors' cores.