Kennedy Space Center leaders say they're on schedule for an unmanned test flight next year of Orion, NASA's next vehicle for taking astronauts into space.

NASA this week put the official stamp on an initiative to capture a near-Earth asteroid and haul it back

Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space exploration

A physics professor from the University of Washington has created an auditory representation of the Big Bang.

A research group at the University of Washington, funded by NASA, is about to build a fusion-powered rocket.

The International Space Station (ISS) will reportedly host a stunning quantum entanglement experiment that could eventually change the way humans communicate.

The planet Mars lost most of its original atmosphere long ago when huge amounts of gas escaped into space

Following a three-year competition, NASA has selected the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) project at MIT for a planned launch in 2017.

Apparently even NASA can't avoid the zombie craze: the agency announced their selection of programs for launch in 2017

The next giant leap in space exploration may be a short hop on a small space rock.

Astronomers have spotted the most distant massive star explosion of its kind, a supernova that could help scientists better understand the nature of the universe.

We were too far away to try to stop it. All we could do is watch, helpless, horrified, and secretly delighted, as the event unfolded beyond our reach.

A massive instrument circling the globe aboard the International Space Station has provided a first glimpse of what may be mysterious dark matter

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity just might be the latest in a long line of Mars-exploring robots to discover the building blocks for primitive life on the Red Planet.