Inside U.S. scientists' groundbreaking test to grow potatoes on Mars
Matt Damon has famously done it in his sci-fi blockbuster, but U.S. scientists are testing to see if they could make it happen for astronauts traveling to the red planet
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Matt Damon has famously done it in his sci-fi blockbuster, but U.S. scientists are testing to see if they could make it happen for astronauts traveling to the red planet
A dormant black hole has been discovered, and it's shredding up a nearby star
A space station supply ship plunged back into the atmosphere with a protected data recorder on board to study how it broke apart
NASA's $1.1 billion Juno probe is closing in on Jupiter, setting the stage for a make-or-break July 4 rocket firing
NASA seeks to inspire explorers for future missions to Mars
A Cygnus cargo ship departed the space station Tuesday carrying five small satellites and research to learn more about fire in space
After 12 straight record hot months worldwide, a new trend may be taking hold
Authorities say a NASA research scientist who worked at Wallops Flight Facility has been found dead a day after being reported missing
International Space Station astronauts are now floating inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of a new, massive "hole" on the surface of the sun
Astronomers thought they had a handle on how the universe ticks, but the cosmos may be toying with them
Astronauts chatted about their health, experiments, views of Earth and more in first Facebook Live video from space
After first attempt to inflate the experimental module stalled, NASA started working on a new plan
NASA says inflatable module could be versatile tool aiding low-Earth orbit and future missions into deep space
New findings could explain how supermassive black holes get their start in the universe
Researchers warn that a solar "superflare" could be disastrous for astronauts in space
A piece of space history is finding a new home on earth
The U.S. military's robotic X-37B space plane approaches a milestone on its classified mission
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth Wednesday, bringing critical space station science samples back to researchers
Rocket designs and other NASA patents are now available for anyone to use for free
Based on Kepler's discoveries to date, even a conservative extrapolation would indicate more than 10 billion worlds that could theoretically support life
A transit of Mercury occurs only about 13 times a century, when Mercury, the sun and Earth all line up
Astronomers looking for extraterrestrial life might just need to zero in their attention on a small nearby star
The new video, captured by a NASA spacecraft, puts you up close and personal with a fiery storm on our closest star
United Launch Alliance says it knows what caused an early engine shutdown in March and hopes to resume Atlas flights in June