Satellite laser ranging revealed ocean mass growth as the main driver of rising seas. Melting land ice now dominates ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings.

The Perseverance Rover has samples of potential ancient life on the planet. The challenge is getting them back to Earth.

The 1970s represented an era of unprecedented technological optimism when experts confidently predicted that Americans ...

One of the studies, led by Dr. Aleksandra Sokołowska of Brown University and Imperial College London, has identified 258 ...

The president's budget request called for about a 20 percent cut, overall, to NASA's budget, at a top-line level of $18.81 billion. By contrast, the House budget proposes to keep funding levels nearly ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

Some are no bigger than pebbles, while others stretch for miles, silently orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt or zipping ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

The International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA) signals China’s ambition to become a central node in the ...

Norththrop Grumman's Cygnus XL has resumed its journey to the International Space Station after a day-long delay. NASA will provide a livestream.