In a breakthrough that could help secure the global food supply, MIT researchers have found that lanthanides, a class of rare ...

Payback comes at tax filing time. For example, if you buy a heat pump and qualify for a $2,000 tax credit, you document that ...

The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is the first mission focused on studying changes in the exosphere, the Earth’s outermost ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at a sun-powered strategy from ancient civilizations to bring fresh, cool air into buildings; track individual monarchs on their migration to ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

Farmers, rural municipalities and governments should welcome large-scale solar power installations, say agrivoltaics proponents.

The official number of planets outside our solar system has reached 6,000, according to space scientists. NASA's tally of ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be ...

“This milestone represents decades of cosmic exploration driven by NASA space telescopes — exploration that has completely changed the way humanity views the night sky,” Shawn Domagal-Goldman, acting ...

NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

Earth will move between Saturn and the sun this weekend, offering prime views of Saturn in what's known as "opposition." Here's what to know.