Reaching approximately Mach 9.6 (one Mach equals the speed of sound, and the X-43 went over that 9.6 times), or 7,365 mph, NASA’s scramjet planes made flights for 10 seconds, followed by 10 ...

In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some serious speed in new ...

Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025 ...

This supermassive black hole-food cooling process was discovered by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to observe some of the universe's most massive ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window ... scheduled for Feb. 4-6 but canceled after a NASA memo Jan. 31, would have discussed science from the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.

Jets from black holes trigger cooling in the hot gas, causing it to condense into warm filaments. These filaments then flow toward the black hole, feeding it, and the cycle repeats. Brightness ...

Credit: NASA / SpaceX One of the many advantages of ... "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," he said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Right now Comet ATLAS appears in the ...

NASA has affirmed a plan it set last year to work with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in returning two astronauts from the International Space Station, saying it will do so “as soon as practical,” the ...

NASA said it would do that “as soon as practical.” By Kenneth Chang In a post on X on Tuesday evening, Elon Musk said President Trump had asked his rocket company SpaceX to bring home “as ...

It will be launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center and carry various commercial payloads, such as tech and science investigations from NASA and a small data center from lunar ...

Safety remains our cornerstone as their courage continues to inspire our journey to the stars," NASA said in an X post on Jan. 23 along with a video honoring the fallen crews. NASA's remembrance ...

WASHINGTON - NASA affirmed on Wednesday a plan it set last year to work with Elon Musk's SpaceX in returning two astronauts from the International Space Station, saying it will do so "as soon as ...