"Bureaucrats or unimaginative scientists want us to believe in the expected. But the rest of us know that the best is yet to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — The solar eclipse on April 8 will pass by North America and be viewable in every state in the United States. For some states, it will only be a partial eclipse.

Brace yourselves, Earthlings: NASA, the NOAA, and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel have officially declared that solar maximum is now underway. What does that mean? Our Sun is reaching the peak of its ...

Rumors of its biological origins have been greatly exaggerated, but comet 3I/ATLAS is still very worth paying attention to.

During a news conference on Wednesday, NASA officials for the first time publicly discussed divisions within the agency about whether the Starliner spacecraft is really reliable enough to return two ...

Following weeks of speculation, NASA finally made it official on Saturday: Two astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June will not return home on ...

NASA’s mission to one of the rarest types of asteroids in the solar system is set to launch on Oct. 12 from the Kennedy Space Center after a delay over the spacecraft’s nitrogen cold gas thrusters.

The Curiosity Rover may have landed safely on the surface of Mars, but like all good things, it’s not invulnerable to completely bogus takedown requests. Shortly after the rover’s momentous touchdown, ...

HOUSTON -- A former NASA official who led a study three years ago that faulted the way the agency dealt with safety risks told the Columbia investigation board Thursday that the same problem appears ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former top NASA official has been indicted on charges of steering $9.6 million in agency funds to a consulting client. The U.S. attorney's office announced a three-count ...

In H.G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," Earth's unwitting defense against the Martian hordes comes in the form of pathogenic bacteria to which the invaders lack immunity. In reality, earthlings have ...