Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE telescope and data from other observatories, an international team found that ...

“Transitional millisecond pulsars are cosmic laboratories, helping us understand how neutron stars evolve in binary systems,” ...

Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal ...

An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact ...

NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor" Ayers captured a stunning photo of a Transient Luminous Event e bolt above a thunderstorm over the Desert Southwest. “Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this ...

An agency’s service to the country goes far beyond space exploration.

NASA satellite emits 'spark' decades after going dormant: Astronomers think they know why Source of the radio waves was tracked to a location that matches that of NASA’s defunct Relay 2 ...

Space & Spaceflight NASA’s Next-Gen Rocket Booster Explodes in Test of a Design That May Never Fly A video of the static fire test showed a large plume of exhaust burning through part of the ...

NASA has completed the first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor, the next-generation solid rocket booster for the space agency’s ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the ...

NASA’s acting administrator expects to decide on a new “top-level” structure for NASA within weeks, but her successor may not be in place until next year.

NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped pictures of a long-sought geological structure — dubbed “spiderwebs” — on the Red Planet that indicate a history of flowing water, the space agency announced.