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The object was expected to "fully burn up" upon entering Earth's atmosphere. April 16, 2024, 4:06 PM ET• 7 min readA man in Naples, Florida, now has answers, over a month after a space object crashed through the roof of his home.NASA…

NASA has confirmed suspicions that the strange object that crashed into a Florida home last month did indeed come from the International Space Station (ISS). The agency analyzed the cylindrical object after it tore through the roof and…

The large asteroid 2013 NK4 (shown in white) has an elliptical orbit that takes it past the orbit of Mars (red) and in between the orbits of Venus (pink) and Mercury (purple). It orbits the sun every 378 days. It’ll safely pass Earth…

Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has offered scientists an incredible view of the universe. It has provided well over 1 million observations.Now, NASA has released “Hubble Focus: The Dark Universe,” a free e-book that explores what…

New decorative panels in the exit queue of Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland tease its permanent closure and the new version of the ride coming in 2027. Space Mountain Exit In this tunnel of slanted walls, panels on the side are…

A glittering streak of light was captured on camera early Tuesday by surprised sky-watchers around Southern California. The fiery light, possibly caused by falling debris, appeared around 1:45 p.m. with reports of…

The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 to a near twice-weekly rate with as…

By Jonathan AmosScience correspondentTo play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, A rare view: A cloudless UK and Ireland21 March 2024Ultra high-definition cameras from a UK start-up are on…

When Voyager 1 launched in 1977, scientists hoped it could do what it was built to do and take up-close images of Jupiter and Saturn. It did that — and much more.Voyager 1 discovered active volcanoes, moons and planetary rings, proving…

Groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal gas wind dispersal in planet-forming disks, advancing our understanding of planet formation dynamics and disk evolution. (Artist’s impression.) Credit: ESO/M.…