NASA built the Roman Space Telescope to study dark matter, but it can also help protect Earth from killer asteroids

NASA's Roman Space Telescope wasn't designed for asteroid hunting, but its massive field of view makes it a powerful addition ...

Pittsburgh Public Schools start preparing staff for upcoming school year

Pittsburgh Public Schools has kicked off its 2026 Summer Leadership Academy, a three-day event aimed at preparing staff for ...

NASA's bid to save a prized space telescope takes an alarming turn

NASA's highly-anticipated mission to save the Swift Observatory from doom is now fighting for its own survival. Here's the ...

Asteroid Apophis will fly just 32,000 kilometres from Earth in April 2029, and Nasa says the encounter could reshape its surface

In 2029, asteroid Apophis is set to make a close approach to Earth, presenting scientists with an exceptional chance for ...
Interesting Engineering

15 NASA missions that redefined science, engineering, and exploration

These 15 NASA missions changed history by pushing the boundaries of science, engineering, and human exploration beyond Earth.

Mars rover watches Earth disappear in the sky

Earth appeared as a tiny dot in the Martian sky before briefly disappearing behind Phobos in a rare view captured by NASA’s ...

A mission to save NASA’s falling observatory spun out of control. What happens next

A satellite spun out of control ahead of its rescue mission to boost a falling NASA observatory. But the team isn’t giving up ...
Opinion

Opinion: A forgotten mission: NASA once planned to send astronauts to Venus

One of the concepts, a Venus flyby mission, would have been a bold undertaking indeed.

‘You’re hit with a slam of shadow’: Nasa’s air mission to capture rare eclipse data

Two aviators will take off from Iceland to take pictures of the sun while flying at high altitude along solar eclipse’s path ...

NASA's bid to save a prized space telescope takes an alarming turn

NASA's highly-anticipated mission to save the Swift Observatory from doom is now fighting for its own survival. Here's the ...

NASA’s moon base will be a reality and Americans will live there within 20 years, agency’s chief says

Fifty-seven years after Americans first landed on the moon, NASA is going back — not to plant another flag, but to build a ...

NASA’s next giant leap could change space forever

NASA plans a permanent moon base, nuclear spacecraft and Mars missions as Artemis launches a new era of deep-space ...