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Evidence is mounting for an ocean on Pluto, buried beneath its frozen surface. The latest findings are based on observations by NASA's New Horizons, which made an unprecedented flyby of Pluto last year.
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is on the verge of becoming the oldest woman in space, adding to her long list of barrier-breaking records. Whitson will celebrate her 57th birthday in February on the International Space Station.
AT&T and NASA are building a national drone tracking system to allow agencies to monitor drones.
The brightest moon in almost 69 years will shine down on Earth this week. Overnight, North Texas got a glimpse of the so-called "supermoon".
NASA said Monday that astronaut Shane Kimbrough filed his ballot in Tuesday's presidential election from the International Space Station sometime over the past few days. He arrived at the orbiting lab in mid-October.
Scientists will mix biology and geology this month inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park as they help NASA get ready for an eventual manned mission to Mars.
The NASA spacecraft 'New Horizons' has sent back the last bit of data from its 2015 flyby of Pluto.
For homeless families at McKinney's Samaritan Inn, Halloween depends on the kindness of strangers.
A new study finds that Pluto is "spray-painting" the red poles of its big moon Charon.
NASA is launching a spacecraft to an exotic black rock named Bennu, vacuuming up handfuls of gravel from the surface and then, in a grand finale, delivering the pay dirt all the way back to Earth.
As the unmanned aircraft industry continues to evolve, the United States is depending on its space agency to help manage small drone traffic close to the Earth.
A SpaceX Dragon capsule is on its way back to Earth with a load of science experiments and gear.
NASA says it's simulating a splashdown of its Orion spacecraft, this time with crash test dummies, as it prepares to eventually send humans to Mars.
Former NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio's tweet Monday brought both awe and some skepticism from followers.
John Glenn is being showered with birthday recognition. The first American to orbit the Earth was trending on Twitter on Monday as he turned 95.
SpaceX successfully launched a critical space station docking port for astronauts early Monday, along with a DNA decoder for high-flying genetic research.
SpaceX aims to launch another load of space station supplies for NASA, including a critical docking port needed by new U.S. crew capsules set to debut next year.
The first virus-hunter in space is all set to conduct some cosmic, new DNA research. Space station astronaut Kate Rubins will attempt to complete the first full-blown DNA decoding in orbit with a pocket-size device.
A NASA spacecraft has sent back the first pictures since arriving at Jupiter.
The final leg of a five-year voyage ended Monday when NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft fired its main rocket engine and gracefully slipped into orbit around Jupiter, the heftiest planet in the solar system.
NASA's Juno spacecraft fires its rocket engine late Monday to slow itself down from a speed of 150,000 mph (250,000 kph) and slip into orbit around Jupiter.
A spacecraft from NASA is bound for a Fourth of July encounter with Jupiter in the latest quest to study how the largest planet in the solar system formed and evolved. If all goes as planned, Juno will spend nearly a year circling the planet.
Coral reefs have almost always been studied up close, by scientists in the water looking at small portions of larger reefs to gather data and knowledge about the larger ecosystems. But NASA is taking a step back and getting a wider view.
Astronaut James Halsell Jr. seemed the very definition of someone with the right stuff. An Air Force Academy graduate and decorated test pilot, he commanded or piloted five space shuttle missions.
It's pump-it-up day at the International Space Station. NASA is releasing air into an inflatable room delivered last month by SpaceX.
