Sources: The Guardian
NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies says that the probability of asteroid 2024 YR impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 has increased to 2.3%, or a (1-in-43) chance, following further observations of its trajectory. More observations are planned in the coming months to gather data on the asteroid before it moves too far away from Earth-based telescopes to be accurately observed. 2025-02-6
NASA confirms water has been spotted on the sunlit surface of the moon. 2020-10-26
In data collected by NASA's "Juno" spacecraft, an INAF team discovers suggestions of a new volcano close to the south pole of Jupiter's moon Io. 2018-07-14
Led overall by researchers at Aix-Marseille Université in France using NASA's "Kepler Space Telescope", "Nature Astronomy" publishes observations of what may be a new exoplanet named K2-229b, whose attributes may resemble the planet of Mercury (hot, metallic, and dense). 2018-03-27
Results of the Juno mission are announced by NASA researchers, revealing new and unexpected information concerning Jupiter's poles, meteorology, and magnetic and gravitational fields. 2017-05-25
NASA's "Juno" spacecraft reaches Jupiter and enters into its orbit after a five-year flight. 2016-07-5
NASA astronauts perform the third of three ISS spacewalks completing the cabling reroutings needed in preparation for the 2017 arrival of the first commercial spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts. 2015-03-1
NASA's Kepler space telescope is placed in a precautionary 10-day safe mode after engineers noticed a problem with the instrument's orientation mechanism. 2013-01-21
NASA announces new data effectively rules out a 2036 Earth impact for the near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis. 2013-01-13
NASA debunks rumors of new evidence of life on Mars, but its Curiosity rover continues to make many smaller discoveries. 2012-11-30