The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...

SpaceX launched the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), sending an Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

April 22 is Earth Day and, if you’re not ditching your ICE car for the day in favor of a bicycle or planting a tree (which, granted, not everyone can or will do), here’s another way you can do your ...

Ship to breach Earth's CRUST Next year, a 600-foot Chinese research vessel will set sail to find the perfect site from where ...

The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to other meteor showers, it's more subdued, but ...

Two tough, resilient, NASA spacecraft have been orbiting Earth for the past six and a half years, flying repeatedly through a hazardous zone of charged particles around our planet called the Van Allen ...

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE SPLASHDOWN OF THE FRAM TWO MISSION. NOW THE HATCH HAS JUST BEEN OPENED. THE FOUR CIVILIAN CREW WILL BE CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAPSULE INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. YOU ...

In an era of rapid technological change, space exploration promises profound scientific insights and groundbreaking opportunities. As I discussed in my talk "What's Space Got To Do With It?", space ...

A new satirical video ad created by the Fridays for Future (FFF) campaign, an environmental movement founded by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg, pokes fun at the idea of having the “one ...

HOUSTON—NASA has selected 14 projects under the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program to receive $175,000 Phase I grants to advance technologies that ...

In July, I took part as a scientist in a commercial deep sea company’s amazing dive to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, over 12,000 feet beneath the North Atlantic. Next year, I am scheduled ...

Image showing a "picture" of the Earth's interior. The colour represents how fast the seismic waves travel inside the Earth in the Alaska area. Image courtesy of Lili Feng Image showing a "picture" of ...