One of the most enduring questions in anthropology is why Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, completely ...

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...

Pettit, along with Russian astronauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

The Trump administration wants to significantly cut NASA’s budget next year, slashing science research funding in half, a ...

Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.

A cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens envision their 70th birthday. But NASA's ...

Unsurprisingly, the media has focused on Pettit's age, as the astronaut turned 70 on the very day he returned to Earth. At ...

Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan's team has detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on exoplanet K2-18b, a potential biosignature produced by ...

SpaceX launched its 32nd cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday morning (April 21), carrying ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet was much warmer and wetter, ...

The disturbance to Earth's geomagnetic field due to these connections is what we call a geomagnetic storm. It's the solar ...