An analysis of the space rock traced its origin to a primitive asteroid from the early solar system. New Horizons may have come and gone, but the mission is still revealing previously unseen features ...

Next summer, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close ...

Making Space with Hoda Kotb Join Hoda Kotb on a journey of self-discovery and resilience of the human spirit. In this podcast, Hoda hears from some of the people she admires most, and whose stories of ...

June 25, 2026 A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some ...

The U.S. Space Force is the 6th independent U.S. military service branch, tasked with missions and operations in the rapidly evolving space domain. Space Force was signed into law Dec. 20, 2019, as ...

Our vision is “ONE TEAM!” that achieves our shared objectives via collaboration, feedback, assessment and smart adaptation to continue demonstrating value: Accomplishing our mission as ONE TEAM of ...

A portable X-ray device has been used successfully in orbit for the first time, promising X-ray diagnosis of everything from broken bones to ripped spacesuits and damaged satellites. A new ruling by ...

Erich Hernandez-Baquero, nominated to become the Air Force’s top civilian space acquisition official, and Roger Mason, the administration’s choice to lead the National Reconnaissance Office, appeared ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially habitable planets beyond Earth.

A quasar — among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects — is a supermassive black hole caught in the act of guzzling matter at the heart of a galaxy. Scientists have now found quasars ...

Purdue is known as the Cradle of Astronauts® because of its extraordinary influence on the U.S. space program, specifically the 30 Boilermakers who have been chosen to become astronauts. Today’s ...

Never mind the numerous necromorphs, the tortured torsos sprouting out of walls, or the terrifyingly towering space sphincter – the thing I was most scared of going into the Dead Space remake is that ...