Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth ...

NASA’s risky bid to save Swift telescope before solar drag pulls it into Earth's atmosphere

NASA is preparing for a rescue that sounds more like a stunt than routine mission control: send a robot into orbit, find an ...

NASA Spotlights 'Super-Earth' GJ 3378b: Next-Door Neighbour Planet Sits in the Perfect 'Sweet Spot' for Alien Life

Astronomers have identified GJ 3378b, a super-Earth located 25 light-years away, in the habitable zone of its star, raising ...
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NASA Confirms Apophis Asteroid Pass Within 20,000 Miles of Earth

NASA has confirmed that the 1,200-foot Apophis asteroid — one of the largest near-Earth objects ever tracked — will pass ...
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NASA’s exoplanet mission accidentally discovers a world it was never meant to find

The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 left Earth in 1977; now its signal takes over 22 hours to reach us and it is still sending data

Nearly 49 years after its launch, NASA's Voyager 1 continues to send data from around 25 billion kilometres away, making it ...

NASA Satellites Spot Rare Underwater Volcano Eruption That Could Create Earth’s Newest Island

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of ...

Where NASA Posts Its Best Space Photos, and How to Find Them

Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies—most of which are free to use and ...

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope in danger of crashing back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ ...
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Rescue mission launched to save Nasa telescope from falling back to Earth

The spacecraft will use its thrusters to gradually lift the telescope, reducing the risk of damage during the maneuver.

NASA Drops Map Of Next Total Solar Eclipse — And It Visits The U.S.

NASA’s new 2026 eclipse map shows totality across Greenland, Iceland and Spain — and a partial solar eclipse for parts of ...