A scoop of dust from an ancient time capsule hurtling through space has forced a rethink of how inert matter became all that ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

Rocket Lab delayed the launch of the IOT 4 You and Me mission in order to ensure 'it's safe to merge onto the space highway.' ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Rocket Lab is set to launch five "Internet of Things" satellites today (Feb. 3), and you can watch the action live.

We’re living in divisive times. It’s something said so often that it’s become cliche. But collaboration across divides still happens, and the International Space Station is a great place to witness ...

NASA scientists have been tracking an alarming acceleration in landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in California, where ...

Interested in space? National defense? Even aliens? The guest on this week's podcast episode is Gabe Mounce, the director of the Technology Engagement Office for the Air Force Research Lab in New ...

Peru’s boiling river reaches 210°F, killing animals instantly. Scientists found biodiversity drops by 11% for every 1.8°F ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...