March 19, 2022 When is the spring equinox? Sunday marks the astronomical first day of spring around the Northern Hemisphere.
March 17, 2022 Comet Swift-Tuttle: What to know Comet Swift-Tuttle takes 133 years to orbit the sun once.
January 25, 2022 James Webb Space Telescope arrives at orbital home 1 million miles from Earth The James Webb Space Telescope arrived at its observation point on Monday afternoon.
January 15, 2022 Citizen scientists find 'Jupiter-like' planet, NASA says NASA announced this week that citizen scientists had spotted a Jupiter-like exoplanet in data from its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
January 13, 2022 Red supergiant star's death witnessed by astronomers for the first time: report Astronomers have captured the death of a red supergiant star for the first time.
December 22, 2021 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will launch a million miles to unwrap and explore the distant past The James Webb is set to become the most complex object ever launched into space, and the most powerful time machine ever built.
December 14, 2021 NASA spacecraft makes history, officially ‘touches’ sun for first time ever A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun after it plunged into the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona, traveling hundreds of miles over five hours.
October 30, 2021 Geomagnetic storm watch in effect this Halloween following intense solar flare On Thursday, the sun released a significant solar flare toward Earth, peaking at 11:35 a.m. EDT, scientists say.
October 16, 2021 NASA's Lucy launches to Trojan Asteroids NASA's Lucy mission launched early Saturday from the agency's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.