NASA has selected for development a space science mission that will study how space weather interacts with Earth’s atmosphere.

An illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The NASA observatory was designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared ast

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA's newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new quantum technologies.

What if our biggest idea about reality is built on a hidden misunderstanding? A new philosophical look at space-time challenges the popular view that the past, present, and future all exist together in a timeless "block universe.

NASA has a daring rescue mission in the works to save its Swift space telescope from falling out of space. But it has to happen fast.

Calling all budding environmentalists, space enthusiasts, and Earth-bound innovators! Science Friday is excited to offer our Down To Earth program—a free educational experience designed to ignite a curiosity for science that’ll burn brighter than a ...

Today, NASA announced the four Artemis III astronauts and one backup crew member for the 2027 test flight. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik will serve as the commander, alongside mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio (also with NASA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission’s pilot.

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on May 30, 2023 shows Shenzhou XVI crewed spaceship successfully docking with the radial port of core module Tianhe of the space station.

Congress established committees on space exploration in 1958, in response to the Soviet Union's launching of Sputnik in October 1957. Both Senate and House committees held hearings on the creation of the new civilian space agency National Aeronautics and ...

There was a particular kind of confidence in the science classroom of the 1960s. Space was suddenly urgent, politically charged, and genuinely thrilling. Teachers stood at the chalkboard explaining ideas about the cosmos that felt completely settled,