NASA’s VISIONS mission launched a rocket from Alaska into the northern lights on Feb. 7, 2013, to discover the secrets of auroras. A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space ...

WASHINGTON — Work on a new 10-year plan for U.S. planetary exploration is expected to get underway next year and wrap up in time to influence the program of robotic landers, orbiters and probes NASA ...

NASA chief Charles Bolden defended the U.S. space agency's proposed 2013 budget to members of Congress Wednesday in a pair of tense congressional hearings that, at times, drew harsh criticism from ...

This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. EST. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The proposed 2013 federal budget unveiled by President ...

Water filtration bottles, comfortable car seats and remote medical monitoring devices all have one thing in common — they all have benefited from NASA technology. These products are featured in ...

Super-typhoon Lekima is poised to "make the curve" in the northwestern Pacific Ocean today. The storm's track is expected to shift from a northwesterly direction, and curve to northeasterly direction ...

Never mind the current cold snap in the East or the polar vortex that swept through much of the U.S. in early 2014 -- scientists from NASA and NOAA report that 2013 was one of the 10 hottest years on ...

Lasers are indisputably awesome, and NASA just made them a little more so by zapping a record-breaking 622 Mb of data per second between the moon and earth as a part of its Lunar Laser Communications ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Yesterday, NASA and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration jointly ...

House bill would give NASA less in fiscal 2014 than the agency received the year before Sequestration generally doesn%27t affect mandatory spending NASA assured of current spending levels at least ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link NASA has selected 32 of the best Earth images from 2013 and is asking readers to help select one winner. Each week, through April 4, voters can ...