Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been steering the space agency on an interim basis, but Trump’s former nominee Jared Isaacman is interested in the role.

NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space agency’s plans to return humans to the Moon.

"As the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, I worked very hard at that because I didn't want people to say, 'Oh look, the woman has made a mistake'. Because it wasn't just about me, it was about the women to follow me," she says.

Earth just got a new tag-along in space — a little asteroid named 2025 PN7. NASA confirmed this week that the rock, discovered by the University of Hawaii, is officially a “quasi-moon” — a rare type of celestial companion that travels almost exactly in sync with Earth.

Humanity's drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers' wheels exploring the surfaces of several different planetary bodies. These environments are generally hostile to human and equipment health,

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from the chopping block in a last-minute decision. There will be a significant change to its structure,

In a study titled The Future Lifespan of Earth’s Oxygenated Atmosphere, scientists from NASA and Toho University used advanced supercomputers to simulate the planet’s future. Their models suggest that Earth’s atmosphere will become uninhabitable in roughly one billion years, far sooner than once believed.

Thousands of NASA employees will be leaving the agency in the span of a few months, and the reason why raises many concerns about both science and basic safety.