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A NASA space telescope is falling out of the sky, and to save it the agency skipped its own contractors and handed the job to a four-year-old startup that had never flow…

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent 21 years as astronomy's first responder, swinging toward exploding stars faster ...

NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS after upgrading its mini-fridge-sized quantum lab

A new set of upgrades to the International Space Station’s Cold Atom Laboratory is allowing NASA to probe quantum mechanics ...

NASA is looking for four volunteers willing to spend a year inside a simulated Mars mission

Not everyone who wants to go to Mars needs to leave Earth to help get humanity there. NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend ...

A NASA spacecraft just woke up from a nearly yearlong nap

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health

Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and ...
New Scientist

NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

NASA has cancelled contracts and grants worth up to $420 million, following guidance from the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The cuts will impact research projects ...

Put your name aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

An illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The NASA observatory was designed to settle essential questions in ...
Space on MSN

SpaceX CRS-29 mission to space station - science payloads explained

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-29 ...

Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and Mars simulation

For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out – ...

NASA barrels ahead with moon base plans, doling out nearly $600 million in new contracts

The announcement is the latest in a stream of funding contracts NASA has awarded private companies in its effort to establish ...
Ars Technica

“I’ll buy 10 of those”—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

There are more opportunities to access space than ever, thanks to a bevy of commercial rockets, some with reusable boosters, led by SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9. So why is NASA launching fewer ...

Here’s why NASA may help determine what you pay for home insurance as climate disasters climb

More detailed climate data could better predict whose home is better protected from a potential fire, flood or other disaster ...