These three videos can be used together to demonstrate how germs and viruses are spread, and the importance of hygiene and hand washing.

In December 2024, Buddhist monks from Japan attempted unsuccessfully to send a small temple on board a satellite into orbit.

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.

Cosmic dust—the tiny particles that help form stars, planets and the chemical building blocks of life—might be much spongier ...

NASA is apparently giving its ice-scouting moon rover mission another try. The space agency has announced that the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project — which was called ...

NASA and Northrop Grumman had delayed the arrival of a Cygnus XL spacecraft to the orbital outpost after an issue with its main engine was detected. Flight engineers were able to determine that it ...

NASA has banned Chinese citizens with US visas from participating in agency programs — a dramatic escalation in the space race between China and the United States. It occurs as China gears up to send ...

For decades, engineers designing space structures have been constrained by the rocket fairing: Only hardware that can be folded up to fit inside can go to orbit. This makes in-space assembly time ...

This week on Space Beat, host Rob Landers and space team reporter Brooke Edwards talk about NASA's upcoming IMAP mission to study the solar wind and the heliosphere around our solar system. Also, ...