In the chaos before the Big Bang cooled, a fraction of the quarks and gluons collided randomly to form short-lived "X" particles.

Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.

Researchers discovered the structures of proteins that may be responsible for the origins of life in the primordial soup of ancient Earth.

An astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet hidden from view by typical stargazing tools.

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.

The Earth sits in a 1,000-light-year-wide void surrounded by thousands of young stars — but how did those stars form?

Scientists demonstrated how to create an environment where you not only survive, but also thrive in space.

Evidence demonstrates a close connection between the fraction of organic matter buried in sediments and changes in supernovae occurrence.

This has never been done before, to push macroscopic objects at speeds approaching the speed of light. Mass is such a huge barrier.

Astronomers have discovered at least 70 new free-floating planets — planets that wander through space without a parent star.

Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon’s natural charge.

Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission revealed new information.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.

Groundbreaking discoveries about gravitational waves, black holes, cosmic rays, neutrinos and other areas may soon become more frequent.

Astronomers spying on a stellar system located dozens of lightyears from Earth have, for the first time, observed a troubling fireworks show

Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.

NASA has signed agreements with three U.S. companies to develop designs of space stations and other commercial destinations in space.

Researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth's water, finding the Sun to be a surprising likely source.

A chunk of rock and iron, which was 60 feet across, served as a violent reminder that Earth, bombarded daily with tons of space-going debris

The new office will focus on incidents in, or near, "special use airspace" areas strictly controlled and blocked from general aviation use.