Long before any spacecraft can attempt a faster journey to Mars, scientists must first solve one of space exploration’s ...

Half of Earth’s oceans are more than 3.2km deep. Beneath them lie cavernous plains untouched by sunlight, vast gaping trenches made by Earth’s tectonic plates shifting, and ranges of underwater ...

Atmos reports on the significance of understanding rocks to address climate issues.

Every now and then, I fall down a late-night rabbit hole reading space facts, and the 30 on this list are the ones that truly messed with my brain. Fair warning: you might need a minute to recover ...

Imagine you're all alone, driving along in a rocky, unforgiving desert with no roads, no map, no GPS, and no more than one phone call a day for someone to inform you exactly where you are. That's what ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-29 ...

As Florida’s space industry accelerates at an unprecedented pace, the University of South Florida is stepping into a larger ...

Scientists are proposing to build a laser in a crater on the moon to help future lunar missions land safely in the dark and find their way around. This ultra-stable light source could also help us ...

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...

Why is Antarctica frozen? It is in the polar region, which is one explanation. But something deep underneath the continent could have also played a role in turning Antarctica into a frozen continent.