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$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

Orionids to peak Monday night with as many as 20 meteors per hour

The night sky will host one of autumn's best meteor showers at the start of the new week as the Orionids reach their annual ...

Moon's largest crater harbors secret on south pole where NASA astronauts will land

U.S. astronauts who return to the moon’s surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have ...

Arizona scientist wants NASA astronauts to collect lunar crater samples. Here's why

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the moon's unlikely origins.