The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and spacecraft parts reenter our planet’s atmosphere more than three times a day. When these ...

The California Science Center celebrates mummies, science, and the future launch-ready display of Space Shuttle Endeavour.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has been avoiding questions about severe cuts proposed to the agency’s budget by President ...

A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a rare visual connection between the mundane life on Earth and the vastness of the universe outside. Framed from the International Space ...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Feb. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Four astronauts recently embarked on a science expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), where they will support a variety of ...

Last year President Trump pitched a severe chop to NASA’s proposed annual budget for 2026, but the House and Senate on Monday released an appropriations bill that would mostly ignore those cuts. The ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is ending financial support for several planetary science groups as part of a broader drawdown of the agency’s advisory structure. In a Jan. 16 letter, Louise Prockter, director of ...

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...

Each year, Space Science Week brings together leaders across the space science disciplines to explore the latest developments and discuss the future of the field from a variety of perspectives, from ...

A colony of an Aspergillus fungus growing in a petri dish. (sarahlai/iNaturalist/CC BY-NC 4.0) The next mission to Mars could ...