Despite a strong public endorsement of NASA’s efforts to return humans to the moon as a step towards Mars, a... more

Nearly five months after directing NASA to accelerate its plans to return humans to the surface of the moon, Vice... more

Food scientists have created a new low-calorie 'butter' spread that consists mostly of water. A tablespoon of this low-calorie spread has 2.8 grams of fat and 25.2 calories. Butter, on the other hand, which... more

Cornell University food scientists have created a new low-calorie 'butter' spread that consists mostly of water. A tablespoon of this low-calorie spread has 2.8 grams of fat and... more

Researchers have discovered a new 8,000 year old structure 11 meters below sea level on the Isle of Wight. It is the most intact, wooden Middle Stone Age structure ever... more

Each spring and fall, millions of birds switch to migrating at night. Most of these are small songbirds migrating long distances that need to... more

Over the next two weeks ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai will take... more

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing has reignited interest in space travel. However, almost any mission beyond the moon, whether manned or unmanned, will require the spacecraft to remain fully operational for at least several years. The... more

LHS 3844b, a 1.3-Earth-radii terrestrial world in an 11-hour orbit around the small nearby star LHS... more

German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer said Tuesday it was selling its Animal Health business unit to US-based drug firm Elanco for $7.6 billion to create an industry giant. more

An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of the Europa Clipper mission's next phase. The decision... more

India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon. more

Affordable technologies for tuberculosis testing could help millions of patients in poverty or remote settings. more

The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander built by closely held... more

The problem of access to safe drinking water in most parts of Bangladesh is a persistent challenge. Now, a team of scientists shows that... more

If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than... more

Families that were separated at border under Trump administration policies have filed millions of dollars in claims for their trauma more

NASA picked Alabama's "Rocket City" on Friday to lead development of the next moon lander for astronauts. more

Families separated at border under Trump administration policies have filed millions of dollars in claims for their trauma more

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will manage the agency’s efforts to develop a lander needed to achieve the... more

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday said Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will serve as headquarters for... more

Families separated at border under Trump administration policies have filed millions of dollars in claims for their trauma more

Using data from multiple space- and ground-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered 39 massive star-forming galaxies at... more

India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, is scheduled to enter lunar orbit Aug. 20 following a relatively circuitous journey to the moon. SpaceNews.com more

On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 command module Columbia splashed down in the Pacific, fulfilling President Kennedy's goal to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to... more