NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The idea of putting a man on the moon was a revolutionary proposal in 1961-- that ambitious goal was achieved in 1969. The last person to go to the moon was 46 years ago ...

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

Here's a look at the science experiments on board.

NASA’s Curiosity rover is attempting one of the rarest kinds of experiments ever tried on Mars, a painstaking chemical test that uses a limited supply of liquid reagents to hunt for traces of complex ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- April's total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes, and cosmic chance. The moon will be extra close to Earth, providing ...

A team of five juniors from Saint Thomas Academy is one of 60 winning teams in the fifth annual NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage middle and ...

Lawmakers defended NASA research efforts Wednesday at a hearing on President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the space agency. A bipartisan group of senators urged the White House on Wednesday to ...

A new paper suggests that BARSOOM may have been alive on the planet, and was killed in the Viking experiments.