Suggested Searches

Latest NASA Science News

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from NASA Science as we explore the universe, solar system, sun and our home planet Earth.

Filters

Reminders of Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going
1 min read

Three Moon rocks are on display during a March 24, 2026, event where NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve the National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities,…

Image Article
NASA X-Ray Mission Gets Fresh Look at 2,000-Year-Old Supernova
2 min read

NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, helping fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have observed. When astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory previously targeted RCW 86,…

Image Article
NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole 
5 min read

NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).  

Article
Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station Resupplying Crew
1 min read

The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 94 spacecraft arrived at the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:40 a.m. EDT Tuesday.  

Blog
NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy
10 min read

As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. These actions reflect the urgency of the moment,…

News Release
Optical Vortex Phase Masks for the Detection of Habitable Worlds 
8 min read

A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of starlight suppression needed for future space observatories to pick out very faint habitable exoplanets from the far brighter…

Article
Progress Cargo Craft Approaching Station for Docking
1 min read

NASA’s live coverage of rendezvous and docking is now underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.   

Blog
Tropical Cyclone Narelle Crosses Australia
3 min read

The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall multiple times.

Article
NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Action
4 min read

On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s (UF) Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) NASA Data Hackathon. This initiative empowers libraries, educators, and…

Article
Science Through Shadows: How Astronomical Alignments Reveal the Universe
6 min read

When one celestial object passes in front of another, it can cast a shadow that travels across space – and sometimes across Earth. These moments of alignment, known as eclipses, occultations, and transits, allow scientists to study distant objects in…

Article