An asteroid crashed near South Africa in rare celestial phenomenon. ...

NASA has released 20 years of Earth data captured by satellites in a new interactive application. ...

NASA says it’s found the building blocks for life, organic matter and methane, on Mars. ...

During its flight to Jupiter in 1992, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon. Separate images were combined to generate this view. ( NASA/JPL/USGS) At a Glance The moon has ever so slowly been moving away from our Earth, which has altered the planet'srotation.Currently, the moon is moving away from the Earth at a rate of 3.82 centimeters per year. A million years ago, days lasted just 18 hours. Days on Earth lasted just 18 hours a...

New research finds the sun shrinks a little when it gets active, just like you. ...

The Opportunity Mars Rover is trapped in an epic dust storm on Mars. ...

Astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates what it’s like to cry in space. ...

In the 1971 NASA photo above, Apollo 15 lunar module pilot Jim Irwin loads the lunar rover with tools and equipment in preparation for the first lunar spacewalk at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The Apollo 15 launched on July 26, 1971, from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. (NASA) At a Glance After nearly 40 years, researchers have found missing tapes from NASA's Apollo 15 mission. Data from the tapes suggest astronauts caused the moon's surface to heat...

At a Glance Over the course of the next several weeks, the distance between the Earth and the Red Planet will shrink.Mars will be its brightest on the morning of July 31.The next time Mars comes as close as it will thissummer won't occur again until Sept. 15, 2035. Stargazers are in for a treat in July as Mars makes its closest swing by Earth, making itappear brighter than it has since 2003. Over the course of the next several...

As famed physicist Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred with history’s other greatest scientific minds, his voice was beamed out into the universe to reach the very thing he spent his entire life studying. ...

A rock beneath the Eastern Seaboard could mean big trouble during a major solar storm. ...

President Trump wants to create a new branch of the military -- a space force. ...