James A. Lovell Jr., the Apollo 13 commander who masterfully navigated a perilous mission after an oxygen tank explosion, ...

Chiron is a member of the Centaurs — a group of small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.

A meteorite traveling faster than sound struck a home in Georgia on June 26. Scientists have confirmed that it is older than ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured its most detailed image yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The rare comet is ...

The comet is hurtling our way at 130,000 mph, but will veer closer to Mars than Earth, keeping a safe distance from both.

In the past seven months, government inspectors reported problems that include instances of meat and fat residue left on equipment and walls, drains blocked with meat products, beaded condensation on ...

The legal organization Democracy Forward is seeking records related to senior administration officials’ communication about ...

The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of ...

The Trump administration is moving to end two of NASA’s most advanced climate-monitoring missions — the Orbiting Carbon Observatories — which track carbon dioxide emissions and monitor global ...

The giant, multi-billion dollar space telescope that NASA is about to launch is sometimes billed as Hubble's successor. Will this new telescope, which sees infrared light, be able to deliver?

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...

A federal judge will hold a hearing to consider dissolving a policy that limits how long Customs and Border Protection can ...