French astronaut Sophie Adenot will take food from Michelin-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic to the International Space Station ...

In 1998, the U.S. Congress directed NASA to detect and characterize at least 90 percent of potentially hazardous asteroids measuring one kilometer (about 3,200 feet) across or larger.

From the daily newsletter: NASA under Trump. Plus: Gavin Newsom’s embarrassing podcast; Trump’s vivisection of the Department of Education; and Robert De Niro sings a gangland tune.

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon however, may not be in the clear.

In that position, she spent 20 years leading NASA’s efforts to secure funding for a space-based telescope—one that eventually became the Hubble. For her pains, she was affectionately nicknamed ...

The catalog includes astronaut poop, scoops and tongs, moonquake experiments, a hammer, vomit bags, orbiters, cameras, mirrors, golf balls, cosmic ray detectors, shoes, dead rovers, and $2 bills.

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on re-entering the atmosphere ...

Joining the ranks of Pennsylvania research institutions including Carnegie Mellon and Lehigh University, Lycoming College today announced it is the recipient of a five-year NASA Space Grant award that ...

10 must-see pics from NASA Hubble’s Messier CatalogBetter known as the Crab Nebula, Messier 1 was originally mistaken for Halley’s Comet by Charles Messier, which led him to create his famous ...

NASA hopes 'artificial star' can teach us more about the universe In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, researchers at George Mason University are heading a project to construct and eventually ...

A new catalog of 126 worlds beyond the solar system contains a cornucopia of newly discovered planets — some have extreme and exotic natures, but others could potentially support life as we know it.