Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on
By Russell Lewis
He piloted Apollo 16 and commanded the shuttle. But he may be best known for the mission he didn't fly: the ill-fated Apollo
Indigenous tribes saw the 'Ring of Fire' eclipse
By Ben Abrams
For many Indigenous cultures, a solar eclipse honors tradition.
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend.
By Aaron Scott|Regina G. Barber|Berly McCoy
We're about to hit peak Orionid meteor shower! According to NASA, it's one of the most beautiful showers of the year. The
The microbiologist studying the giant floating
By Aaron Scott|Rachel Carlson|Rebecca Ramirez
Microbiologist Monsi Roman joined NASA in 1989 to help design the International Space Station. As the chief microbiologist
Take a peek at what NASA brought back from an
By Nell Greenfieldboyce
Scientists are thrilled with the tiny asphalt-black rocks, and most of the sample hasn't even been revealed yet.
This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously
By Nell Greenfieldboyce
A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely
Black holes can teach us how to live our best
By Regina G. Barber
Black holes may seem like interstellar enigmas, but they hold some key lessons on how to move through the universe.
After 7 years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission
By Nell Greenfieldboyce|Regina G. Barber|Berly McCoy|Rebecca Ramirez
In 2016, NASA launched a spacecraft to do something rarely attempted before: Collect space rocks from a potentially
NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before
By Nell Greenfieldboyce
NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space
She got famous on YouTube. Now it helps fund her
By Scott Neuman
This theoretical physicist and mathematician drops a new video several times a month, dispensing her dry wit and pithy