Balloon over US was likely hobbyist, officials says

The small balloon discovered flying over the U.S. Friday was likely a hobbyist balloon, officials said.

Odysseus moon lander makes historic landing, transmits signal back

The first U.S. commercial moon lander, Odysseus – also known by its nickname “Odie" – has made the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.

School bus-sized satellite fell to Earth somewhere over North Pacific Ocean

The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite captured data on Earth's land, oceans and polar caps, including monitoring natural disasters.

See the massive solar flares the Sun spit out this week

NOAA and NASA spacecraft are constantly watching the Sun, recording solar events like these two powerful solar flares this weekend.

SpaceX launches 'Odysseus' lunar lander, aiming for historic US moon mission

SpaceX launched Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander on Thursday. The U.S. hasn't returned to the moon's surface in more than 50 years. Here’s when the touchdown attempt is planned.

These states have the most UFO sightings

Here's where people are reporting the most UFO sightings in the U.S., according to the National UFO Reporting Center.

Telescope captures stunning images of not 1 but 19 spiral galaxies

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day 2021. Images possibly reveal billions of stars outside of our Milky Way galaxy.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter takes final flight on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter was widely acclaimed to be the "Wright Brothers moment" of space exploration. Officials made the unexpected announcement this week that its mission has ended.

Solar eclipse 2024: These U.S. cities are in the path of totality

More than 31 million people live in the path of the Great North American Solar Eclipse, and millions more are expected to flood towns in its path. Here's where you can see it.

NASA's Webb telescope finds glowing surprise on brown dwarf

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study brown dwarfs were surprised to find glowing methane resembling aurora lights on a cold brown dwarf.