Astronauts would take fungal spores and algae into space, then gradually feed it with water and lunar dust that’s found on ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

Picture walking outside on a dark, cloudless evening. You look up to admire the stars—maybe even a planet, if you're ...

To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2’s plasma science ...

Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own ...

This fall, two new picture books explore the curiosity, science, history, and art behind some distinctive missions—each with ...

But what if screen time could be both fun and educational—instead of just time-wasting entertainment? Turns out there are ...

Recognizing that students need to know more about climate change than just the science, dozens of federal agencies released a major new guide on ‘climate literacy,’ and one state, Colorado, ...