In a sprawling building atop a mesa in New Mexico, workers labor around the clock to fulfill a vital mission: producing America’s nuclear bomb cores. The...
Produced by Nick Donofrio, Gabriel Gianordoli, Maridelis Morales Rosado, Andrew Sondern and Rebecca Thomas. Images: Pan Plates AS12-47-6982 to 7006 (assembled) via NASA; Pan Plates AS12-46-6836...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious...
This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times. What if you could stand in a...
The vermilion, amethyst and jade ribbons of the northern and southern lights are some of Earth’s most distinctive features. But our planet doesn’t have a monopoly...
NASA made a bet a few years ago that commercial companies could take scientific experiments to the moon on a lower budget than the agency could....
The shadow of the Blue Ghost spacecraft after it landed on the moon, with Earth in the distance. Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost just completed its mission,...
If your eight-day work trip was unexpectedly extended by nine months, you might expect to rack up some overtime pay. Not so for Suni Williams and...
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are headed home. The splashdown of their space capsule will end an unexpected nine months in space. Neither astronaut complained much...
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station at 1:35 a.m. Eastern time, paving the way for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — two...
