NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than you might expect.

As the United States approaches the 250th Anniversary of Independence, NASA is preparing a very specific kind of celebration: a crewed loop around the Moon that quietly doubles as a time capsule.

A massive crater on asteroid Psyche may hold the key to whether it’s a lost planet’s core or something more complex. New simulations suggest NASA’s upcoming mission could finally solve the mystery.

NASA scientists trying to unravel a longstanding mystery about the asteroid Bennu believe they may have finally 'cracked' the case ...

When foam debris crippled Columbia during re-entry, NASA's classified contingency plan outlined a desperate mission to launch Atlantis as a rescue shuttle. Appendix D13 reveals the extraordinary ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: During an April 2024 flight over the Greenland Ice Sheet, NASA scientist Chad Greene added a pretty surprising entrant to that list: a secret ...

MORNING’S LAUNCH. IMAP IS GOING TO STUDY THE HELIOSPHERE. THE STUDY, HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OUTSIDE, AND GIVE US ALL KINDS OF GREAT INSIGHTS INTO HOW IT IT’S AFFECTED BY SOLAR ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered new evidence that sheds light on what scientists know about black holes. Launched ...

A routine drive by NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally cracked open a Martian rock, revealing rare yellow sulfur crystals. The strange discovery has scientists questioning how such an unexpected ...

For any future human survival on Mars, scientists have identified several primary sites. One of the vital sites is the ...

While flying over Greenland and using advanced radar technology to map the continent's ice, NASA scientists discovered something incredible, an abandoned Cold-War-era U.S. military base 100 feet under ...

NASA scientists have found the remains of a U.S. military base buried 100 feet below the surface of the ice in Greenland.