Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...

Earth is getting a second moon! Yes, you read that right. From September 29 to November 25, "mini-moon"-an asteroid- will ...

My aunt says if you tried to dig a hole to the other side of Earth, this is what would happen: First, you’d dig through loose ...

A mini-moon will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern for about two months from September 29 to November 25.

Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). They use a specially-built ...

These climate-change-fighting ideas sound outlandish. Even if they did work, critics worry they could backfire spectacularly.

Down To Earth Community Lab: Join your fellow space explorers to ask questions, share out-of-this-world ideas, and forge new ...

The Space Vote The two astronauts currently stranded up in the International Space Station due to technical issues with ...

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...

A pair of NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) expressed their excitement to vote in the upcoming ...

But Starliner's cockpit was empty as it flew back to Earth Friday night. Last month, NASA managers decided to keep Wilmore ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...