Every night, a handful of robotic telescopes scan the sky for faint points of light that do not belong where they are. Most ...

For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out – ...

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory runs the risk of burning Earth's atmosphere as it sinks ...

Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how life on Earth got started. The space agency has reportedly discovered ...

A newly discovered underwater volcanic eruption north of Papua New Guinea is unfolding in one of the world's most poorly mapped ocean basins. Satellites have spotted steam plumes, ash, thermal ...

NASA is embarking on an ambitious rescue mission to prevent its aging Swift Observatory from plummeting back to Earth. The ...

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

After nearly 14 years in space, NASA’s Van Allen Probe A made a fiery return to Earth on Wednesday, March 11. Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, the satellite blazed through Earth’s atmosphere and ...

Here's your chance to live like an astronaut as NASA seeks volunteers to live in a habitat for a year simulating future moon ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...