News that a NASA scientist has announced fresh progress on Proxima b has pushed our nearest known exoplanet neighbor back into the spotlight, sharpening long-running questions about whether this rocky ...

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and ...

For 13 consecutive years, NASA has been named the “Best Place to Work in the Federal Government” among large agencies. But since the Trump administration took over and proposed deep budget cuts, there ...

(CNN) — NASA has banned Chinese citizens with US visas from participating in agency programs — a dramatic escalation in the space race between China and the United States. It occurs as China gears up ...

Talk of Mars often jumps straight to rockets and boots on red soil, but much of the work happens quietly, long before any ...

The government shutdown has suspended work for hundreds of thousands of government employees, but it didn’t halt the launch of a new telescope designed and built by the scientists at the University of ...

For four years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has searched for possible signs of ancient life on the surface of Mars. It has found myriad interesting features in its travels, including a rock with strange ...

Thousands of Americans are impacted each summer by excessive heat and humidity, some suffering from heat-related illnesses when the body can't cool itself down. Data from NASA satellites could help ...

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a ...

For an agency shooting for the moon and onward to Mars, NASA in 2025 has been on a roller coaster ride of proposed budget ...