NASA became the latest agency to offer its employees an opportunity to accept a deferred resignation as a form of a buyout, a move the agency said will help reduce its headcount. Eligible employees ...

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NASA is monitoring a plane-sized asteroid zooming past the Earth on Thursday at around 13,600 miles per hour. The space rock known as "2022 YS5" made its closest approach at around 4.15 million miles ...

Earlier this month, astronomers noticed a mysterious object speeding toward the inner solar system from outside of our star system. It's an exceedingly rare occurrence, marking only the third ...

NASA's proposed 2026 budget is dramatically smaller than its current budget. Many NASA science missions face cuts or cancellation. Some major telescopes and planetary exploration projects are at risk.

The director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center announced her resignation Monday, marking yet another high-profile departure as questions loom about the agency’s budget and future. Makenzie Lystrup ...

Did you know that on a clear night, it’s possible to see the International Space Station (ISS) when it passes overhead? Sunlight reflecting off the habitable satellite causes it to shine brightly as ...

The claim was based on the minimum possible starting pay an astronaut could receive in 2019, but even then astronauts could start at higher pay. In 2024, all astronauts made more than double that. The ...