Europe’s most ambitious science missions were built on the assumption that NASA would be a stable partner, not a moving target. As the agency confronts deep budget pressure, that assumption is ...
The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired. NASA's spinning spacecraft studying the satellites of the solar system's largest celestial body (aside from the sun), ...
"We study cometary bodies because they act as time capsules, sealing in material from their formation billions of years ago." The Europa Clipper spacecraft may soon be pummeled by charged particles — ...
They’re battening down the heavenly hatches. A NASA-coordinated group has reportedly begun efforts to observe Comet 3I/ATLAS after it was seen emitting a never-before-seen alloy and exhibiting other ...