2024 was a busy year for the Terra mission, as we handled platform battery charging changes, performed a yaw maneuver, and celebrated Terra’s 25th Anniversary– all while continuing to support the ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral ...

CBS 8's Evan Noorani looks at the data that shows why 2024 was the hottest year on record, and how greenhouse gases are contributing to extreme weather and wildfires ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

Sunita Williams, Indian-origin NASA astronaut, clicked the “ultimate selfie" on January 30. The photograph, shared by NASA on ...

The asteroid has been designated 2024 ... history, the 'odds' of asteroids hitting Earth have tended to go down the more that astronomers observe an asteroid. The asteroid has been ranked as ‘level 3’ ...

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

The volcano has a long history of producing such transient landmasses, with previous eruptions dating back to 1861. NASA's Landsat 8 ... and December 25, 2024, show how the island emerged from ...

13, 2024. Credit: Polaris Program Traditionally, selecting the leader of NASA has not been a top priority ... the most incredible adventure in human history,” he said in a social media post ...