NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to the agency’s website on January 16. The affected groups have historically offered feedback to the space agency on science efforts ranging from the exploration of Mars and ocean worlds to the storage of extraterrestrial samples,

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary source of Earth's water. The Moon's surface offers a unique record of ancient impacts.

NASA has cut funding for key independent advisory groups that help guide the agency’s scientific research, citing cost savings.

NASA has selected three new lunar science investigations to be delivered to the Moon under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative and Artemis campaign. The research payloads will be delivered to the lunar surface by U.S. commercial partners no earlier than 2028, NASA said Tuesday.

NASA has unveiled a new version of its exoplanet-hunting artificial intelligence model, ExoMiner++, capable of analyzing large-scale datasets from space telescopes. In its initial application to data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS),

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before returning that sample back to Earth for analysis.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the legislation, H.R. 6938, that would provide NASA with a $24.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2026.

These are missions only NASA can lead. Everything else should go to partners who can deliver faster and cheaper.

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life.

Last year President Trump pitched a severe chop to NASA’s proposed annual budget for 2026, but the House and Senate on Monday released an appropriations bill that would mostly ignore those cuts. The minibus bill put forth by both congressional bodies’ appropriation committees includes NASA as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Science Foundation,

In a rebuff of the Trump administration’s proposal to drastically cut funding for federal science agencies, the Senate voted on Thursday to provide billions more to NOAA, NASA and the National Science Foundation than the president had asked for.

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission, as detailed in the official statement published by NASA, will carry not only astronauts but also a priceless collection of artifacts that symbolize more than a century of human flight and innovation.