Thank goodness for the Earth's crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it.
But much of...
NASA scientists have used data from the Galileo mission and Hubble Space Telescope to create a model of the ocean on Europa.
Experts have long...
NASA said Tuesday it may fly NASA astronauts, engineers, scientists, operators and trainers on suborbital vehicles owned by commercial companies.
NASA's Flight Opportunities program has...
A 50-year-old theory that began as speculation about how an alien civilization could use a black hole to generate energy has been experimentally verified...
A Russian and German telescope has completed its first full sweep of the sky — and it's provided some breathtaking images to mark the...
Aspiring space tourists, pack your bags and get your checkbooks ready. Spaceship Perspective has announced the Spaceship Neptune, a balloon-borne capsule that will be...
In just a few days, sky-watchers in parts of the world will have a chance to witness a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse.
According...
To find food, dazzle mates, escape predators and navigate diverse terrain, birds rely on their excellent color vision.
“Humans are color-blind compared to birds and...
A new study describes how the mission became the first to make a fifth state of matter in Earth orbit, and the advantages of...
Across the planet, old growth is being lost to logging and land clearing, and a lethal list of disturbances stoked by climate warming that...
































