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But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

NASA said that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming crew flights to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April.

Sixty labs around the world are analyzing dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

Suni Williams, one of the two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, performed the year’s first spacewalk Thursday along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague.

Suni Williams, one of NASA’s two stuck astronauts, stepped out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago.

Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.

Smoke from the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area can even be seen from space.

Drone video shows the devastating aftermath of the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades, CA.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, aboard the International Space Station, trained his camera on the northern lights, capturing the phenomenon flickering over nighttime city lights.

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky.

While most people are familiar with the term “Blue Moon,” a “Black Moon” is an equally rare phenomenon, and will occur this week.

NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe passed within a mere 3.8 million miles of the sun. Space agency officials received an all-clear message Thursday night confirming Parker survived the journey. The spacecraft was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. It’ll...

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun.

NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again.

NASA announced Thursday that the next Artemis mission, which will send four astronauts on a flight around the moon, will be delayed until 2026.

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo. Administrator Bill Nelson said Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program is now targeted for April 2026.

Jared Isaacman, 41, CEO and founder of a card-processing company, has been a close collaborator with Elon Musk ever since buying his first chartered flight with SpaceX.

The space station crew will feast on smoked turkey, apple cobbler, green beans, mushrooms and mashed potatoes, Williams told NBC News in an interview from orbit.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced further layoffs Tuesday, citing “continued funding challenges.”