NASA's wholesome reply viral after 8-year-old spots error on space agency's website: 'We're on our way'

An eight-year-old boy found a spelling mistake on NASA's site, leading to a viral social media exchange.
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NASA is launching a satellite that may enable future space gas stations

Imagine setting out on a cross-country road trip with no gas stations anywhere along the way — that is the same challenge ...

Images: NASA's Perseverance captures panorama at 'Arbot'

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this panorama of an area nicknamed "Arbot" on April 5, ...

NASA’s MAVEN Detects Atmospheric Effect on Mars That ‘No One Expected’

Using data from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified the Zwan-Wolf effect in ...

NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit Weird

The agency still has big decisions to make, but the preliminary mission plans include some interesting choices.
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NASA’s powerful Roman Space Telescope is about to transform astronomy

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now aiming for an earlier launch in September 2026. Designed to explore dark ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost. The Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past the red planet at more than 12,000 mph Friday.

NASA maps show Earth's brightest and darkest regions at night

Researchers expected to find "a gradual increase in artificial light at night," but instead saw "much more nuanced patterns," ...

NASA's Webb Telescope Captures Dazzling New Photo of Spiral Galaxy 45 Million Light-Years Away

The galaxy, Messier 77, is known as "The Squid" due to its curling "tentacles" ...
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Why NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

Nuclear power plants are safer than many suspect. But putting reactors in space is a concept with a checkered history. One ...