NASA has selected UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to lead the Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) ...
Earth’s magnetic field and atmospheric oxygen appear to have moved in sync for half a billion years, pointing to a surprising connection between the planet’s deep interior and life-supporting ...
Astronauts headed into orbit — and toward the moon — will soon be able to bring their personal smartphones along for the ride. NASA announced this week that crews assigned to upcoming missions, ...
Nuclear power is moving from science fiction concept to engineering requirement for a permanent human foothold on the Moon.
After 25 years in orbit, the International Space Station will retire in 2030, clearing the way for private stations and ...
In July 1962, a young scientist entered a deep cave in the French Alps and disconnected entirely from clocks, sunlight, and ...
Auroras, shimmering bands of light that shoot through the night sky near the Earth’s poles, can follow patterns known as arcs ...
NASA pushes Artemis II Moon mission to March after a hydrogen leak during testing, delaying the first crewed deep-space flight in 53 years.
Artemis II astronauts will carry personal radiation sensors in their pockets, while detectors mounted throughout the cabin will track exposure levels. Additional monitors developed with the German ...
NASA is launching a rocket mission from Alaska as early as Saturday to study and help understand electrical circuitry ...
Humans have often considered how apes, our closest living genetic relatives, possess human-like characteristics and behaviors ...
After the Red Planet reemerged from conjunction — a period when NASA doesn't communicate with spacecraft because Mars is behind the sun from Earth's point of view in space — scientists began planning ...