Earth is facing two major natural threats: one from deep space and one from beneath our feet. In this playlist, we look at ...

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen if a space rock really were on a collision course with our planet. The ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how a new discovery could lead to unsinkable ships, the billions invested ...

If there were ever an animal that seemed built for space, it might be the water bear. Also known as tardigrades, these microscopic creatures already s.

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has a "back catalog" of cosmic recordings ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's where to watch liftoff.

The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is planning to celebrate the expected Artemis II launch mission during ...

SpaceX is targeting a Sunday, Jan. 25, launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

NASA will be launching its moon return effort in a period of major distrust in American scientific and government institutions, and, amid the proliferation of generative AI. Will people accept reality ...