SAN FRANCISCO – NASA’s Earth Science Division is exploring partnerships with external organizations to support instrument ...

The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

For decades, scientists treated the end of Earth’s habitability as a problem for the far future, measured in several billion ...

New research suggests Earth’s water came from sources other than meteorites, challenging long-standing theories on planetary ...

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim ...

NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.

Did we avert the crisis? Getting funding again is nice, but a lot of damage has already been done.

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

It was an unexpected finish to a mission that began in August and left the International Space Station with only three on ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...