A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved.

How do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? Send a giant structure that blocks starlight so that astronomers can see further

NASA announced the successful field testing of new spacesuit technologies for future astronaut science and exploration operations.

The James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, will launch on December 18, 2021.

Astronaut-photographer Thomas Pesquet recently captured photos of blue southern lights and other spectacular Earth images

Although thousands of planets have been discovered in the Milky Way, most reside less than a few thousand light years from Earth.

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's 2021 fall campaign is now underway in New Mexico, launching the first three of eight missions in August

Commercial flight crews have to work with the occupational hazard of aviation radiation exposure. Aviation guidelines aim to mitigate it.

Sending human travelers to Mars would require scientists and engineers to overcome a range of technological and safety obstacles.

When the Space X23 rocket launches to resupply the International Space Station, it will carry two experiments designed to sustain humans

Black holes are more than just massive objects that swallow everything around them—they're also one of the universe's biggest energy sources

FLPP oversees system studies and research activities to foster new and disruptive technologies which have the potential to reduce cost.

When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far, we know only one planet that has yielded life.

Astronomers have succeeded for the first time in quantifying the proton and electron components of cosmic rays in a supernova remnant.

Gravity is the weird, mysterious glue that binds the Universe together, but that's not the limit of its charms.

The asteroid credited with the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely originated from the outer half of the solar system

Scientists think there may be 100 trillion Borisov-like interstellar comets, meteors, asteroids and other debris in the Oort cloud

Researchers found the solution to an intriguing paradox, opening up a new window for exploring the elusive magnetic fields of stars

A team of NASA researchers has developed a technique to predict radiation risk on the International Space Station for future exploration.

Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself