The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this ...

This World Photography Day we look at some of the most iconic images captured by the US space agency, which have taught us ...

A $30 million rescue effort has come to an end, dooming NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope to a fiery atmospheric reentry later this year.

Earth's atmosphere does not simply end where airplanes stop flying. Far above the planet, in a region known as the ...

A satellite launched to rescue NASA’s falling Swift Observatory won’t be able to complete its mission after all.

NASA scientists say some Earth microbes could potentially survive for at least a day in shadowed areas near the Moon’s South ...

NASA engineers have confirmed they can’t spare the historic Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from a fiery demise, despite their ...

NASA said on Wednesday a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after the rescue spacecraft could ...

“This is not the outcome we were working toward, but it does not change why this mission was worth attempting,” NASA ...

NASA took a big risk when it mounted a rescue mission to boost its aging Swift Observatory further into orbit. Here's why it ...

Six days after a Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the lunar surface, NASA’s orbiting camera caught the aftermath.