A source of carbon \u2014 a building block of life
By Bill Chappell"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's
NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end
By Nell GreenfieldboyceNASA's first effort to retrieve samples from an asteroid will send a capsule that contains extraterrestrial pebbles and dust
A NASA astronaut is back on Earth after a year in
By Ayana ArchieFrank Rubio's first mission broke the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight earlier this month. Rubio is a medical doctor
A NASA astronaut approaches a year in space, the
By Ayana ArchieFrank Rubio's first mission broke the record for longest U.S. spaceflight last week. The medical doctor is a lieutenant
Why the earliest galaxies are sparking drama and
By Regina G. Barber|Rachel Carlson|Berly McCoy|Rebecca RamirezWe're entering a new era of astrophysics. The James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists test existing ideas and
NASA releases 'baby picture' of a star that will
By Clare Marie SchneiderA new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals what Earth's sun could have looked like in its infancy.
New NASA report lays out roadmap for studying UFOs
By Nell GreenfieldboyceNASA is releasing a new report from advisers on what it would take for the agency to study unidentified anomalous phenomena
How to see a newly discovered green comet this
By Linah MohammadA newly discovered green comet is zipping by Earth and is now visible for the first time since before Galileo invented his
What to know about the link between air pollution
By Ari Shapiro|Regina G. Barber|Aaron Scott|Michael Levitt|Rachel Carlson|Rebecca Ramirez|Viet LeToday on the show, All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro joins Aaron Scott and Regina G. Barber for our science roundup.
An Arab astronaut made history in space. Now his
By Aya BatrawyThe United Arab Emirates celebrated after Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi splashed down to Earth following six months in