We submerge a small sample of sodium metal in water to demonstrate its highly reactive properties and the intensity of the ...

NASA is planning to light a fire on the moon to better understand how combustion works in low-gravity environments.

A new study argues that if a large asteroid were discovered late on a collision course with Earth, scientists might indeed ...

If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...

New measurements suggest that two of the Milky Way's spiral arms are around 10% farther away from Earth than we thought. The ...

Science vessels were first responders to unknown dangers, making them far more expendable than larger cruisers.

Does anywhere in the country better represent this era of the American experiment than a self-governing tech-company town ...

Every Fourth of July, audiences look to the sky to witness a spectacular symphony of science. Dr. Marcy Towns, a chemistry ...

A strange "chirping" signal from a distant supernova has revealed the birth of a magnetar, confirming that these incredibly magnetic neutron stars can power the universe's brightest stellar explosions ...

Recently, two of the powerful men on the planet where space policy is concerned had an exchange on the social media platform ...

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250 t h birthday of the United States—and the show even ...