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As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon or explore Mars, laser beams could be a key to assembling large structures or making repairs in space.

If you look to the sky, June is filled with astronomical delights.

A NASA balloon made a trip around the world in just sixteen days.

NASA is teaming up with the commercial sector to bring discoveries home from space.

Sometimes noctilucent clouds on Mars create a rainbow of colors, producing iridescent, or mother-of-pearl clouds.

These tiny but tough life forms may help astronauts survive in the harsh environment of space.

From astronauts to engineers, people at NASA have some interesting traditions to mark successful launches. But none may be as famous as Norm Carlson’s Launch Beans.

As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, researchers are turning lunar dust into a lifeline.

A year after a geomagnetic storm that created auroras seen as far south as Texas, scientists are still making discoveries about its surprising effects.

Astrobee has been wrapping its arms around objects on the International Space Station.

NASA is transforming how we see the skies.

What is a black hole?

NASA’s official lunar landing requirement is to land within fifty meters, or one hundred sixty-four feet of a targeted site.

ELF-5 is improving materials used for smartphone screens and space habitats by testing these materials in space.

Volcanoes often give subtle hints before they erupt.

A flyby of Mars gave Europa Clipper an opportunity to calibrate its infrared imaging instrument.

The efficient movement of large amounts of oxygen over long distances could help sustain a permanent human presence on the Moon.

Researchers are evaluating the feasibility of using a stratospheric platform in wildland fire scenarios.

It was the Monday after Mother’s Day in 2009 when Atlantis lifted off from Launch Pad 39A to rendezvous with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Norway has now become the fifty-fifth nation to officially join the Artemis Accords.