Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark ...

A leading Democratic member of the House Science Committee criticized the proposed steep cuts in NASA’s fiscal year 2026 ...

A Brazilian woman’s viral Instagram post claiming she was a NASA astronaut drew swift backlash as NASA denied any official connection. Laysa Peixoto s ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant energy jet "being illuminated by the leftover glow from the Big Bang itself ...

From a Mars rover selfie to an astronaut's view of the flower moon, these space images will give you a new perspective on our ...

On social media, a young Brazilian woman posted a photo claiming to have been chosen as a "career astronaut," drawing harsh criticism from the National Aeronautics and Space Admini ...

If you've spent any time perusing the carousel of raw images from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, you might have stumbled ...

Chandra spots a powerful jet from a distant black hole 11.6B light-years away, revealing new insights into black hole ...

An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission ...

From distant supernova remnants, to colorful mosaics of giant galaxies and nebulae, check out these 7 alluring deep universe ...

Perhaps most remarkably, the anti-government populism that’s eroded trust in so many institutions hasn’t dented NASA. In 2015, Pew found that 68 percent of Americans viewed the agency favorably; in ...

Thanks to NASA astronaut Anne McClain, millions are getting a new perspective of this glowing spectacle—not from land, but ...