A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- April's total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes, and cosmic chance. The moon will be extra close to Earth, providing ...

Wringing out clues that could change everything.

Artemis II astronauts will carry personal radiation sensors in their pockets, while detectors mounted throughout the cabin ...

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NASA presents a plan to explore the interior of the Moon using robotic experiments, without the need for astronauts.

Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of ...

The International Space Station (ISS) welcomed four new astronauts after part of its previous crew returned to Earth due to a spacecraft safety concern, ensuring the station stays fully operational.

PETA is proclaiming victory in their ongoing battle to stop radiation experiments on monkeys that had been planned by NASA. Well, folks, you did it. After scores of protests and more than 100,000 ...