It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim that the space agency was hiding knowledge about an event that could result in millions of deaths and injuries.

In 2025, NASA planetary scientist Mark Matney published a study about the Star in Journal of the British Astronomical Association. The main focus of the paper was to break down the idea that the Star was a comet, as detailed in ancient Chinese astronomical texts from 5 BCE.

There's no telling what will gain traction on social media, but one conspiracy theory has gained enough traction for NASA to make a statement.

NASA planetary science division director Louise Prockter conceded that the agency is "very unlikely" to recover its MAVEN Mars orbiter. On December 6, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, which has been studying the Red ...

NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research phases based on NASA’s Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast.

NASA said that while the mystery of the Circinus galaxy’s excess emissions has been solved, there are billions of black holes in the universe that haven’t been investigated.

On January 15, 2026, NASA and SpaceX completed the first medical evacuation of the ISS, returning the Crew-11 team early for specialized diagnostics.

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