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Winter wonderland in Canada is snapped from 254 miles above the Earth by NASA astronaut on the ISS

NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a stunning image of a full moon rising over the frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada earlier this month.




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NASA's Christina Koch makes history again with the longest single spaceflight by a woman

On Saturday, Christina Koch officially broke the record for the longest single space flight by a woman after 289 days aboard the International Space Station, passing mentor Peggy Whitson.




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NASA imagery shows Mauritius blanketed by tropical storm Calvinia 

The eye of the Calvinia tropical storm was just east of the island of Mauritius before heading south, as shown by NASA imagery on Tuesday.




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NASA sets materials on fire aboard the ISS

NASA has been deliberately setting fires aboard the International Space Station as part of a series of experiments to determine how much more dangerous flames are in space.




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NASA astronaut on the ISS snaps a stunning image of the glittering lights on Earth

Space is referred to as a cold, dark place, but an image shared by a NASA astronaut suggest otherwise. The pic captures glittering stars and Earth's glowing atmosphere.




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NASA says its has lost contact with mini-satellite probing nearby stars for unseen planets

NASA lost contact with its Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA), a briefcase-sized spacecraft designed to study planets outside our solar system.




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NASA discovers an Earth-size planet in a star's 'habitable zone'

The breakthrough discovery was announced during the annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.




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NASAs alien-hunting space telescope finds a planet orbiting a pair of stars

Wolf Cukier was working as an intern for NASA when he confirmed TOI 1338b as a planet - he had just finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York.




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NASA satellite image reveals the true scale of bushfire devastation on Kangaroo Island 

The space agency released two satellite images of the South Australian island highlighting the horrific damage the bushfires have caused to the environment.




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NASA satellite data reveals vegetation is expanding 20,000 feet up Mount Everest

Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region, according to a British study that observed satellite data over 25 years.




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Student, 17, discovers a PLANET during third day of NASA internship

Wolf Cukier, 17, interned at the government agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland this past summer and he found the planet during his very first assignment.




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A group of new astronauts join NASA under the Artemis program and could be the first to step on Mars

It's been more than two years in the making, but 13 astronauts have finally joined NASA under the mission that will bring the first female to the moon and some may be the first humans to step on Mars.




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NASA satellites reveal smoke from Australian bushfires will take MONTHS to disperse

On Wednesday, US space agency NASA revealed that it will be months before bushfire smoke clears since plumes are sitting so high the atmosphere.




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How Navy Lt. Jonny Kim, 35, went from being a Navy SEAL, to Harvard doctor to NASA astronaut

California man Jonny Kim, 35, went from a Navy SEAL to Harvard medical doctor to NASA Astronaut, after graduating from training this month.




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Former NASA astronaut Nicole Stott stars in Olay's empowering beauty campaign

Stott, 57, is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. She partnered with Olay for its #MakeSpaceForWomen campaign.




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NASA proposes mushrooms could build structures on the moon and Mars

NASA scientists have suggested using mushrooms to grow habitats on the lunar surface and Mars, which could even lead to more sustainable homes on Earth.




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Ground control to Major Dom: Cummings' Nasa-style 'mission control' plan rejected by Boris Johnson 

The PM's top aide wanted his boss to switch his base from No 10 to a new political hub two doors down in No 12. But Mr Johnson decided not to boldly go where Gordon Brown had gone before.




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Laura Tobin breaks down in tears as she achieves her 'childhood dream' with visit to NASA

Laura Tobin broke down in tears on Good Morning Britain on Friday as she fulfilled her 'childhood dream' by visiting NASA.




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NASA tests VIPER rover's 'moon shimmy' in conditions that mimic the lunar surface

NASA's VIPER practiced its 'moon shimmy' in a lab that replicates the lunar surface. The rover rolled over a large soil bin allowing scientist to see how it will fare on the moon.




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Former NASA astronaut thinks space tourism will become as common as travelling by airplane

Former NASA astronaut Steven Lee Smith, 61, from Phoenix, Arizona claimed today on Lorraine that in decades to come, space tourism will become as common as travelling by airplane.




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Before and after pics of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reveal the Red Planet has taken its toll

In images that surfaced online the rover's journey through Mars' landscape is laid bare. One the left is an image taken shortly after Curiosity landed on Mars while the right shows a snapshot from October.




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Will the next moon landing be delayed? Proposed House bill wants NASA to push the launch to 2028

NASA has been fast tracking its efforts to get the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024, but a new proposed House bill wants the space agency to push the mission to 2028.




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NASA reveals 'space hotel' where ISS tourists can view Earth

NASA has revealed that it has partnered with a Houston-based startup called Axiom Space to send the first commercial space station into low orbit for a new generation of space tourists.




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NASA's next mission sends a spacecraft within 26 million miles of the sun in order to gather data

NASA and ESA are teaming up to send a the Solar Orbiter to the sun. The craft will study the massive star for seven years and gather data that will help experts better understand solar storms.




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NASA's Spitzer telescope snaps one last spectacular view of the Tarantula Nebula

The high-resolution image of the star-forming region - named for its spidery filaments of gas - is made up of data from several observations by the telescope.




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NASA turns off its Spitzer space telescope after 16 years of service

After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light since its launch in 2003, NASA has switched off the Spitzer Space Telescope, bringing its mission to an end.




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NASA's James Webb telescope has a roughly 12 percent chance of launching on time, says new study

The GAO says that technical problems with the telescope's primary contractor, Northrop Grumman, give it a 12 percent chance of meeting its slated launch of March 2021.




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Iranian minister mocked for 'passing off child's NASA fancy dress costume as regime astronaut suit' 

Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, Tehran's information and communications technology minister, last week tweeted a picture of the silver outfit and sparked ridicule.




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Stunning images show Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter blasting off from Cape Canaveral on way to sun

The Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night and will maneuver into a unique out-of-plane orbit that will take it over both of the sun's poles, never photographed before.




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Celebs go crazy for the Nasa-induced Broom Challenge that sees broom standing on their own

The so-called broom challenge first emerged several years ago but is enjoying a resurgence thanks to a fresh viral tweet from a US user - and plenty of celebrity support.




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NASA's Mars 2020 rover is fitted with a LASER that vaporizes rock to search for signs of life

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars 2020 rover is heading to the Red Planet armed with a high-powered laser that can vaporize rocks from up to 20 feet away to search for life.




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NME Awards: Sinitta, 56, flashes her bra in a bizarre NASA-style jumpsuit and platform boots

She's never been one to play it safe with her fashion choices.  And Sinitta pushed the boat out for the 2020 NME Awards held at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday night.




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NASA shortlists four missions to the Solar System but only two of them will go to space 

The four shortlisted projects will each get a $3 million NASA grant for a 9 month feasibility study before two will become actual missions and go to space.




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NASA announces open recruitment for its 2021 class of astronauts

NASA has announced it will accept applications for its next class of astronauts, the 23rd in the agency's 61 year history, between March 2nd and March 31st, part of its preparation for the Artemis missions.




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NASA's Juno probe reveals the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere is three times that of the sun

NASA's Juno reveals the first accurate estimate of the total amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Water makes up around 0.25% of the molecules in the planet's atmosphere at its equator.




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Osteoporosis sufferers given hope with vibrating 'bathroom scales' developed by Nasa

Marodyne LiV - a vibrating device, resembling a set of bathroom scales - produces gentle vibrations that travel up through the legs, stimulating the growth of new bone cells




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NASA image reveals remains of an ancient lake that stretched across the Sahara 7,000 years ago

NASA captured a stunning image of what was once Lake Mega Chad 7,000 years ago. It stretched 150,000 square miles across the Sahara and would have been the largest on Earth today.




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NASA launches new program to study impact of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta

NASA has announced a new project to study the effects of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana, which has had more than 5,000 square miles of land go underwater.




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NASA will try and use InSight Lander's robotic arm to 'push' a troubled probe back into position

NASA will try to use a robotic arm attached to its InSight Lander to push down on a probe meant to drill into Martian soil which has struggled to achieve its mission throughout the past year.




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Legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101 

Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth, died aged 101 on Monday morning.




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NASA video shows Apollo 13 crew's view of the moon before having to abort their mission in 1970

NASA released a stunning video that recreates the Apollo 13 crew's view of the moon before an explosion occurred on the ship that made them abort the mission and return to Earth.




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NASA asks public to design a sensor for its next VENUS rover

The space agency says exploring different geological areas on the surface of Venus will provide insights into the planet's evolution and even our own climate.




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Amazing NASA images show how pollution has CLEARED over China

NASA and the European Space Agency have used pollution monitoring satellites to track the decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels over the past two months during the coronavirus outbreak.




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NASA shares GIF of a new black hole 30,000 light-years away seen by students studying at an asteroid

While observing an asteroid using NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, students spotted a new flaring black hole in the constellation Columba that has been named MAXI J0637-430.




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NASA is hiring astronauts for its trip to the moon in 2024

NASA has opened applications for potential astronauts who want to travel to the Moon in 2024. Candidates need a master's degree in a STEM field like maths or computer science.




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Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch a NASA mission to a metal rich asteroid

The $117 million (£93 million) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in July 2022 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and head for Psyche 16 which orbits between Jupiter and Mars.




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NASA scientists launch fresh bid to probe Uranus and Neptune

At a meeting in the UK experts from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland joined a global pool of researchers to discuss the ice giants.




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NASA posts image of a mysterious hole seen on the side of a Martian volcano

NASA has shared a photo of a mysterious hole on the side of one of Mars's largest volcanoes, an example of a 'lava tube' that could be used as the location of human settlements in the future.




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NASA Curiosity rover creates stunning panorama of its home on Mars

NASA shared a high-resolution panorama of 'Glen Torridon' on Mars that is comprised of over 1,000 images and contains 1.8 billion pixels. The images were taken from Nov. 24-Dec.1.




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NASA executive and former cop, 52, charged with shooting and killing neighbor, 24, he fought

Michael Hetle, a NASA executive who also was a cop, was charged with fatally shooting Javon Prather, a neighbor he argued with over the years over poop that was left outside.