Bright green comet may become visible to naked eye later this month

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn’t come so close to Earth since the last ice age, experts say. Here’s how you may be able to see it later this month.

Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska coast

After almost 40 years circling Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere off the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday.

A look back at 2022’s most pivotal moments of space exploration

This year saw dozens of rocket launches and space science milestones that will help us better understand Earth and our universe.

Look up: See all 7 planets in the sky through the end of the year

For the most part, all seven planets can be viewed in the dusk sky with the naked eye, but you might want to grab your binoculars just in case.

Apollo 8’s biblical Christmas Eve message: 'God bless all of you – all of you on the good Earth'

In 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 was told they’d have the largest audience in history as they headed for the moon on Christmas Eve. But what should they say to the conflicted planet they’d left behind?

'Rescue vehicle' may be needed to bring cosmonauts, NASA astronaut home from space

NASA and the Russian Space Agency managers are still working on a plan for how two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut will return to Earth after their ride home from the International Space Station was damaged.

'Buried treasure': James Webb telescope’s newest images show star at birth

‘It's like finding buried treasure,’ said scientists analyzing new images from the James Webb Space Telescope through different filters.

NASA lander InSight falls silent after 4 years on Mars

InSight arrived at Mars in 2018, recording more than 1,300 marsquakes and even documenting a Martian dust devil not just in pictures, but sound.

Pentagon has received 'several hundred' new UFO sighting reports

A new Pentagon office set up to track reports of unidentified flying objects has received “several hundreds” of new reports, but no evidence so far of alien life.

Russian space capsule leak likely caused by micrometeorite

A coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike, a Russian space official said Thursday.