U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian Institution for potential lobbying ...

In a letter to Congress, museum officials have warned the shuttle may need to be partially disassembled in order to be ...

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

Port Discovery Children's Museum opens "Galactic Builders" space exhibit and "Skies" sensory-friendly area, with officials ...

Was a new moon discovered? What is the name of the new moon? What is a Quasi-moon? Does the Earth have two moons? An expert ...

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers have detected a persistent gravitational wave background — subtle ripples in ...

Starting this week, children can become rocket scientists as part of an exhibit opening at Port Discovery Children's Museum ...

The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a ...

New telescope images show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is shooting a giant jet of gas and dust toward the sun. This ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...