Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The Ingenuity helicopter from the Mars 2020 mission far exceeded its original mission of simply demonstrating controlled ...

But there are unique risks involved in having a first-time astronaut perform such an experiment on a brief, time-compressed ...

Data show that unidentified lights in archival astronomy images were 68% more likely to be imaged 24 hours after a nuclear ...

Thousands of workers across the country, primarily in Florida, Texas, and Alabama, are still reporting for duty to keep ...

One of the best parts about sending rovers like Perseverance to other planets, is sometimes they send back some absolutely ...

Southwest Research Institute could lose more than $265 million if the cuts go through, including defunding missions already ...

By Jeff DeWit As a proud American and loyal longtime supporter of President Donald J. Trump, I can say without ...

The Earth is getting darker due to decreased aerosol pollution, melting sea ice, and reduced cloud cover, causing it to ...

When NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe back in 1977, the initial objective was to gather information about our solar system — specifically, the region beyond the asteroid belt (between the orbits of ...

Pope Leo XIV called on Catholics to support missionaries on World Mission Day, which will be celebrated on Oct. 19. In a video message released Oct. 13, the Holy Father — who served as a missionary ...

The planet is reaching the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points, according to a new report. We’re experiencing heat waves, floods, droughts and wildfires — but ...