Perseid meteor shower 2023: Where, when to watch this weekend

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s an especially perfect time to watch because the moon will be in its waning crescent phase, making the skies darker than usual.

NASA launching free streaming service this year

The new service is part of several upgrades for the space agency's digital platforms.

Antares rocket blasts off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

Space lovers, did you catch it? A rocket blasted off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Tuesday, and it was visible from places near and around the D.C. region.

NASA loses, regains contact with Voyager 2 probe after sending wrong command

Flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth and severed contact.

Euclid mission to study dark universe takes 1st test images, NASA reveals

“After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it’s exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images," said Euclid Project Manager Giuseppe Racca of the European Space Agency.

Whistleblower claims US is concealing program that captures UFOs

David Grusch, a retired major general, claims the U.S. has had information about "non-human" activity since the 1930s.

New NASA telescope expected to uncover hundreds of Earth-sized rogue planets

The findings stem from a nine-year survey known as the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics, and according to researchers, they have already identified at least one planet that is roughly the size of Earth.

Why the Northern Lights this week were a bust: Curbing misinformation

Over this past weekend, a story made the rounds that was predicting "widespread" and "brilliant" Northern Lights several days away for much of Canada and the northern U.S. Here's what it got wrong.

These updated astrovans will carry Artemis crews to the launch pad

The arrival of the new vehicles furthers NASA's goal of returning astronauts to the moon under the Artemis program paving the way for more missions to space.