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A NASA JPL concept aims to send tiny swimming robots to explore oceans on other planets and moons in our solar system.

See the moon glow with Earthshine this weekend. The phenomenon occurs when sunlight is reflected off Earth and back toward the moon shortly after sunset.

An independent reanalysis of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)'s observational data for the center of the elliptical galaxy M87 has produced images with different features, according to a new study. This study is part of...

Mapping the interior of the ice giants is difficult, to say the least. Not only are they far away and therefore harder to observe, but their constant ice cover makes it extremely hard to detect what lies underneath. So s...

Making a 3D map of our galaxy would be easier if some stars behaved long enough to get good distances to them. However, red supergiants are the frisky kids on the block when it comes to pinning down their exact locations...

Wednesday's schedule on the International Space Station encompassed practicing complicated medical procedures in microgravity to preparing to take out the trash 260 miles above the Earth....

The United States Space Force has activated a new unit that is tasked with providing "critical intelligence on threat systems, foreign intentions and activities in the space domain."

The second of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's four primary scientific instruments, known as the Mid-Infrared instrument (MIRI), has concluded its postlaunch preparations and is now ready for science.

Sleep is important for our health and well-being, and bad sleep can negatively impact our attention span, memory, decision-making skills, creativity and judgment.

NASA has awarded the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide engineering and scientific products, technical services and related services ...

The phrase "nuclear energy" conjures images of large steaming towers or Tony Stark's arc reactor from the iconic "Iron Man" movies. But two Seattle-based startups are designing nuclear technologies small enough to pick u...

Florida students will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

NASA plans to start rolling its Artemis 1 moon mission off the launch pad tonight (June 30), and you can watch the slow-moving action live.

40 years ago director Steven Spielberg introduced audiences to a benevolent alien in "E.T" the Extra-Terrestrial

Deep within the Sahara Desert lies one of the best-preserved craters on Earth. On Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the almost-perfectly circular Tenoumer Crater in Mauritania.

A new fossil galaxy, which was uncovered via a systematic visual search of legacy survey images using the Mayall 4-meter telescope, led by Dr. David Martinez Delgado, could teach scientists about how galaxies form and co...

Astronomers have made a record-breaking measurement of a black hole's spin, one of two fundamental properties of black holes. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows this black hole is spinning slower than most of its sma...

Astronauts that have returned after spaceflights over three months may show signs of incomplete bone recovery even after one year on Earth, but adding in more resistance-based exercises during spaceflight may help limit ...

This episode marks a welcome return to Trademark Trek Tomfoolery.

Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 maps Bangladesh flood

From returning greats to brand new shows, these are the best upcoming sci-fi TV shows for 2022.

Two orca tormentors have terrorized the sharks off the coast of South Africa, setting off the shark's instincts to flee.