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Computers are simulating the ancestral versions of the most common protein on Earth, giving scientists an unparalleled look at early life's development of harnessing energy from the sun and production of oxygen.

The total solar eclipse that captivated the United States this week was more than just a celestial spectacle (and a reminder to take care of your eyes). It was also a valuable lesson in how to manage electricity grids.

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL -- A Cold War-era derived Peacekeeper ICBM missile formerly armed with multiple nuclear warheads and now modified as a payload orbiter successfully launched an urgently needed space s...

Mission Control remains operational at NASA's Johnson Space Center, which is now closed to all but mission-critical staff because of dangerous weather conditions caused by Hurricane Harvey.

The biophysicist Jeremy England, a 35-year-old associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, made waves in 2013 with a new theory that cast the origin of life as an inevitable outcome of thermodynamic...

The Aug. 21 eclipse across America generated interest and excitement far and wide. Our coverage of the historic eclipse - the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse for the U.S. in 99 years - was widespread ... Anchore...

Meteorologist Ryan Maue said 20 trillion gallons of water could fall on Texas in the next week. Michael Lowry of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research said that more than 60,000 square miles are under high ...

Are we alone? Forty years ago, NASA rocket scientists sought to answer this question by launching the Voyager spacecraft, twin unmanned spaceships that would travel further than any human-made object in history.

This movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft offers a unique perspective on Saturn's ring system....