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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment
NASA said today that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch in February.
Will the UN finally broker a treaty to end plastic pollution?
Negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution are now in overtime, and UN member states are set to meet again in an attempt to reach a consensus.
NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment
The strains of bacteria will be studied on how they grow in zero gravity conditions on the ISS.
Google's 'virtual satellite' AI model can provide a near real-time view of Earth
Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a "virtual satellite."
NASA may lose close to 4,000 employees after latest deferred resignation round
About 3,000 NASA employees applied to leave as part of the deferred resignation program, which closed its second round on July 25.
Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is down due to an outage. The company is currently implementing a fix.
Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars
The 54-lb. meteorite was found in the Sahara in 2023.
Trump's defunding of NASA would be catastrophic
"This is probably the most uncertain future NASA has faced, maybe since the end of Apollo."
Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation
A young supermassive black hole appears to have formed in a vast gas cloud.
These are the closest-ever images of the sun from Parker Solar Probe's historic flyby
The Parker Solar Probe made its record-breaking close approach in December.
The Webb Telescope captures a mesmerizing view of the Cat's Paw nebula
The ESA shared the image to commemorate the JWST's three years in service.
NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts
Over 2,000 senior NASA staff are set to leave their positions ahead of proposed budget cuts.
We have a surprising underwater ally in combatting climate change: zooplankton
The animals we best know as fish food help to store millions of tons of carbon in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
NASA will start livestreaming content on Netflix later this summer
NASA+ is coming to Netflix. The agency's streaming service will begin airing live programming for subscribers.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shares first images from planned decade-long survey of the sky
The National Science Foundation has shared the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capturing 10 million galaxies in 10 hours of photography.
NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover's handle
NASA has announced plans to archive, consolidate or rebrand some of its social media accounts in an attempt to make information easier to find.
Solar trade association warns of 'devastating energy shortages' if incentives are cut
The Solar Energy Industries Association released an assessment of how the budget reconciliation bill currently under review in Congress would have a negative impact on the economy.
Doctors successfully treated a baby with the first ever personalized gene-editing therapy
A team of doctors and scientists have successfully treated a rare genetic condition with the first-ever personalized gene-editing therapy.
The USDA will republish climate change information online following farmer lawsuit
Following a lawsuit, the USDA said that it "will restore the climate-change-related web content that was removed post-Inauguration."
NASA's Webb telescope captures mesmerizing images of Jupiter's auroras
Researchers at the University of Leicester have captured stunning images of Jupiter's auroras using the James Webb Space Telescope.

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