NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

ASU hires former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory director to advise on space exploration strategy

The former director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is now advising ASU leadership on space strategy, bringing decades of ...

NASA Saw an Interstellar Comet From a Viewpoint No One Expected

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...
Forbes

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Cutting 550 Jobs—But Not Due To Government Shutdown, Director Says

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 550 workers, the California research lab said, in a restructuring move that its director told employees was not related to the ongoing government ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: If NASA’s JPL mission is shelved, we’ll lose invaluable scientific information

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: As a member of the Mars Sample Return team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I think your ...
Mirage News

What's Up: January 2026 Skywatching Tips From NASA

Jupiter beams bright, Saturn and the Moon cozy up, and the Beehive Cluster appearsJupiter is at its biggest and brightest all ...