WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA has tapped startup Katalyst to save a $500 million orbiting observatory from falling into Earth's atmosphere by launching a spacecraft meant to push it farther in space, a ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover recently captured a sweeping panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater under exceptionally favorable viewing conditions, offering one of the clearest looks yet at the vast Martian basin.

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of ...

Did you know that on a clear night, it’s possible to see the International Space Station (ISS) when it passes overhead? Sunlight reflecting off the habitable satellite causes it to shine brightly as ...

NASA has raised the tantalizing prospect of launching its Artemis II moon mission several months earlier than expected. It means that in February — just five months from now — a crew of four ...

Stargazers will be in for a treat beginning late Monday - a meteor shower widely considered one of the most beautiful ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar was a phenomenon in 2014. Set in the future, Earth has been struck by a global crop blight.

Humans have continuously inhabited the International Space Station since November 2, 2000. NASA plans to deorbit the ISS in 2030, transitioning to commercially owned space stations. Private companies ...

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin recently spoke at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., which employs more scientists than any other of the agency's centers. This piece is adapted from ...

More than 15,000 NASA civil servants have been furloughed as the U.S. federal government enters a shutdown.