Advising readers to scan the night sky this time of year always feels a little awkward, because the Pacific Northwest’s ...

The mission will be led by electrical engineer Katya Echazarreta, who became the first Mexican astronaut and the youngest ...

Data processing for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and IRIS probe are down for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe in a ...

Given that more than $1 of every $10 in wages paid in Maryland comes from the U.S. government, many residents will be closely watching to see whether President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

A team of planetary scientists and oceanographers from NOAA, the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, and ...

Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky composition.

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

The Sombrero galaxy looks entirely different in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead of a Mexican hat, it ...

Since Donald Trump's recent electoral victory, rumors and speculation have circulated that Nasa's giant moon rocket, the ...

The Long March 12 is the newest member of China's Long March rocket family, which has been flying since China launched its ...

Before the Space Race, American soldiers and sailors competed against the Soviets to launch balloons high into the upper ...

Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media users are said to show Laika, a 13-pound stray from Moscow who became ...