Mars just dropped some major beach vibes—literally! New data from China’s Zhurong rover showed rock formations that look just like Earth’s coastal beaches. Scientists found layers of sloping sediment, ...

NASA has shared the first closeup images of the Donaldjohanson asteroid, captured by its Lucy spacecraft on a recent flyby around 139 million miles (223 million km) from Earth.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s got its first views of the asteroid Donaldjohanson in February 2025. NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL The Lucy mission is on a 12-year ...

Easter Sunday certainly won't be a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes will be on NASA's asteroid-studying Lucy spacecraft, which is due to have a close encounter at 1:51 p.m. EDT ...

Easter Sunday certainly hasn't been a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes are on NASA's asteroid-studying Lucy spacecraft, which should have had a close space rock encounter at 1:51 ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

NASA has found a large hole on Mars. This hole might lead to underground caves. Scientists think these caves could hold alien life. The US Geological Survey has mapped many potential cave entrances.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North American continent; its ancient bedrock is slowly dripping into the Earth’s ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The prevailing consensus in astrophysics is that the universe has spent the past 13-or-so billion years expanding outward in all ...

The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Prince George's County faces deep Trump administration budget reductions that could cut the nation's space science mission in half, Maryland Democratic ...