Could the greatest threat to cosmic discovery be silence, not secrecy? The case of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, has become more than an astronomical curiosity it has evolved into a litmus test for how science engages with the public it serves.

By May, that uncertainty turned to dread as the administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, one that featured steep cuts at NASA and other science agencies. That’s where Casey Dreier of The Planetary Society stepped in.

There appeared to be no showstoppers during the hearing, in which Isaacman reiterated his commitment to the space agency’s Artemis Program and defended his draft plan for NASA, “Project Athena,” which calls for an assessment of how NASA should adapt to meet the modern space age.

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repeat.

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman urged senators on Wednesday to take swift action on his bid to lead NASA, after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump. Isaacman appeared before the Commerce,

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is facing controversy over potential building closures. Here's what's been going on.

The space agency got a close look at the interstellar visitor over the past few months as it zipped by Mars and the sun

More than 75 students from Laramie Montessori School spent a day exploring the cutting edge of Wyoming’s energy and natural resources research during a fully curated visit to the University of Wyoming Nov.

Analyzing pristine fragments of the asteroid delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023, a team led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found ribose, a crucial building block of RNA, and glucose, an energy-rich sugar used by nearly all life on Earth.