Space

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday to provide an update on the agency’s mission to study the Psyche asteroid. Audio of the briefing will livestream on the agency’s website.

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NGC 2217, in the constellation of Canis Major and located about 65 million light years away, is a galaxy in transition.

The second section of the Florida launch tower for SpaceX’s huge Super Heavy and Starship rocket was lifted on top of the first tower segment Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center, continuing construction of a structure that will stand more than 400 feet tall.

The last time this rare, ordered planetary alignment occurred was way back in 2004. And it won’t happen again for nearly 20 years.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will convene its next meeting on August 9-10. Nelson also appointed new members to the NAC, who will provide leadership counsel and advice on agency programs and priorities.

Mapping the Milky Way is a task similar in scope and size to the Human Genome Project. Here, we look at the journey of data collected by the Gaia telescope as it reveals the galaxy’s secrets.

South Korea’s space agency said Tuesday that the country’s 15-story-tall Nuri launcher successfully reached orbit for the first time, giving the nation a fully domestic satellite launch capability after a $1.5 billion development program lasting more than a decade.

The winner of the first Octavia Butler fellowship explains how a year spent plumbing the sci-fi writer’s papers left her stunned by the breadth of her interests and the depth of her scientific knowledge.

A sunspot nearly triple the size of Earth is within firing range of our planet and may send out medium-class flares in the near future.