The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 ...

NASA invites the public to virtually sail along with the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System‘s space journey using NASA’s ...

It is an important and exciting juncture in Mars exploration and astrobiology. This year, the SHERLOC instrument beat the ...

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a volunteer organization that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States ...

On August 19-20, 53 educators from a diverse set of learning contexts (libraries, K-12 classrooms, 4-H afterschool clubs, ...

The NASA Science Activation program’s NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), aims to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) literacy and ...

Want to understand how interconnected our planet is—how patterns and events in one place can affect life half a world away?

The ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view during the spacecraft’s ...

Retired senior scientist and plant physiologist Ray Wheeler has played a vital role in advancing plant research in space.

NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy, NGC 4694. Most galaxies fall into one of two basic types. Spiral galaxies are young and energetic, filled with the gas needed to form new ...

While setting a fire in space sounds like a bad idea, scientists have been safely creating controlled flames in space for decades. These experiments, many of which are sponsored by NASA’s Biological ...