So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

An astonishingly high-resolution satellite that launched today will soon map changes on Earth’s surface in unprecedented detail — tracking everything from sinking croplands to crumbling ice sheets and ...

HOUSTON — NASA has introduced its new class of astronaut candidates, some of whom may be among the first people to set foot on Mars. The cadre — the 24th astronaut class in NASA's history, and the ...

Last year, the most powerful geomagnetic storm in 20 years hit Earth. It produced stunning aurora displays in parts of the US that are normally too far south to see them. Normally, such storms are a ...

The tool, which uses Google Cloud’s Vertex AI environment and a mixture of open-source large language models (LLMs), is specifically tailored to the medical challenges of long-distance space travel.

NASA and Pentagon officials moved swiftly this past week to urge competitors to Elon Musk’s SpaceX to more quickly develop alternative rockets and spacecraft after President Donald Trump threatened to ...

Illustration of Starlab, a commercial space station under development by a joint venture led by Voyager Space. Credit: Voyager Space WASHINGTON — NASA is changing course in its plans to support ...