According to a study published today in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team successfully pinpointed a type of sugar called erythrulose inside a molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way galaxy ...

China’s space program is having a landmark year, and clues to which nation is pulling ahead in the new moon race may be ...

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Launching Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will investigate dark matter, dark energy and distant worlds while capturing panoramic views 100 times larger than Hubble's.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and its unusual gas-to-dust chemistry Crewed and robotic lunar missions advancing sustained exploration Asteroid characterization and deflection studies supporting ...

Fifteen years after its retirement, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is set to dazzle museum spectators like never before. When the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center opens at Los Angeles’ California ...

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-29 ...

Calling all budding environmentalists, space enthusiasts, and Earth-bound innovators! Science Friday is excited to offer our Down To Earth program—a free educational experience designed to ignite a ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds Mamta Patel Nagaraja – NASA’s former associate chief scientist-offers an insider’s look at how science priorities are set, what gets cut and what the future holds ...

Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...