A panorama returned by the Chang'e-5 lander, showing robotic sampling arm and scoop marks in lunar regolith. Credit: CNSA/CLEP HELSINKI — NASA-funded researchers have been granted permission to apply ...

NASA's top administrator, Sean O'Keefe, said Friday he "completely rejects the proposition" that nothing could have been done in orbit to help Columbia if engineers had known the space shuttle was in ...

Remember the scene in WALL-E when our titular hero and Eve are floating around in outer space, and upon their discovery of their ability to navigate the dark void, they start doing a poetic dance ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- WALL-E and EVE are headed to Mars. NASA is set to launch two small satellites named after the beloved characters from the late-2000s Pixar film this weekend. Dubbed CubeSats or ...

With the help of NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are learning more about exoplanet "55 Cancri e," which is about 41 light years away from Earth -- and it's a scorcher. The ...

A consortium of scientists, academics, and government agencies have determined that advanced propulsion is the main technical obstacle standing between humanity and exploration beyond our own solar ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA has just released two free e-books about the Hubble Space Telescope and its not-yet-launched ...

Testing has started at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on a concept for a potentially revolutionary propulsion system that could send spacecraft to the edge of our solar ...

NASA e-mails released Wednesday indicate the space agency was looking for ways to prevent astronaut meltdowns just three months before one-time shuttle flier Lisa Nowak was arrested in a scandalous ...