US officials canceled NASA’s ambitious Mars Sample Return program, leaving potential evidence of ancient life sitting on Mars. Could China beat them to it?

NASA is preparing to explore deep craters on the moon, known as the Marius Hills pit, to determine if ancient underground caves could provide shelter for future astronauts.

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Approved grants face extra reviews and delays, and observers fear a behind-the-scenes installation of proposed political reviews.

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) discovered a rock on Mars that could hold clues to whether life ever existed there but canceled plans to retrieve it due to cost concerns.

The US space and energy agencies have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for end-to-end collaboration across the full spectrum of space nuclear development. ;

NASA’s groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe, are facing unprecedented threats. The White House has proposed deep cuts to NASA’s budget in fiscal year 2026 ...

NASA is preparing for humanity’s first Moon base with three investigations that will hunt for underground shelters, uncover hidden ice, and track dangerous conditions on the lunar surface. The findings could reveal how astronauts can survive and thrive on the Moon while laying the groundwork for future journeys to Mars.

On Sept. 18, a gamma-ray detector aboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory began picking up flashes of the highest-energy light again. It had been switched off for five months. Three days later, flight controllers restored the telescope’s ability to turn automatically toward new outbursts in the sky,