"Everyone is ready to take this step together… There's no reason it's not possible." Civilians may soon be able to live in ...

Think you have what it takes to live in a Mars and moon simulation for a year? NASA may want to select you as a volunteer.

Everyone could contribute dramatically more to scientific knowledge if given better recognition, administrative support and funding stability, new research has found. An international collaboration of ...

Scientists have grown wheat containing supersized starch granules—a leap forward in biological engineering with potential benefits for our daily diets and a raft of industrial applications.

Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major ...

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration ...

NASA made a good bet when it built the Swift Space Telescope. Launched in 2004, Swift has spent more than a generation ...

Science and technology have been an essential component of the American political experiment since the beginning.

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After ...

Beyond the anecdotal benefits, science backs up the power of journaling. Studies have found that expressive writing ...

The team behind the observatory, a joint effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, unveiled several images of the cosmos that were jampacked with celestial ...

Following an initial frenzy a decade ago, the commercial space sector is getting a new wave of investment. This time, things ...