For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so vast and unusual that they defy conventional models of planetary evolution.

Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...

Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of years, raising intriguing questions about how time, life and the planet quietly ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was an uninhabitable rock covered in magma. Scientists are still working to decipher the tale of how it transformed into a blue and green orb teeming with life. However, ...

April brings us Citizen Science Month and Earth Day—that means it’s the perfect time to get outside, explore nature, and even help real scientists with their research! You don’t need to be an expert, ...

the Earth you walk on today might not be the same planet that was born 4.5 billion years ago. Many scientists believe that in its infancy, Earth collided with another world the size of Mars, and that ...

A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...