The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

Engineering and math experts say the discovery of a previously unknown folding technique could help solve a broad array of ...

The provision in Trump's bill allocates $85 million for Discovery's transfer and directs NASA and the Smithsonian to develop ...

On Aug. 18, 1868, a French astronomer named Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while observing a total solar ...

Astronomers studying a distant galaxy cluster stumbled upon ancient radio signals that might hold clues to the formation of the early universe.

NASA has selected a yet-to-be-named Space Shuttle to move to Houston, conceding to a long-running bid by Texas senators to ...

The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency’s retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be ...

There were high hopes for launching the space shuttle Discovery from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1983, including a promotional tour where the spacecraft flew into the Central Coast base.