How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA ...
Nov. 28 (UPI) -- SpaceX on Friday launched 140 payloads, the 19th mission of the Smallsat Rideshare program from California.
Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...
NASA has drafted its Mars rover Perseverance to help monitor the sun’s activity. Every day for the next two months, the rover ...
Scientists have caught Mars's atmosphere crackling with static, uncovering evidence of miniature lightning in its dust storms.
Tryptophan, an essential amino acid, has been discovered on asteroid Bennu, suggesting that asteroids may have delivered ...
From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.
Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...
When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.