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NASA is keeping a close eye on Tropical Strom Eta ahead of Saturday’s launch of the first operational SpaceX Crew Dragon mission.

NASA's Perseverance rover has less than 100 days until it gets to Mars and looks for fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life, the space agency announced. 

An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of Chaos is speeding up, scientists recently revealed.

A massive tooth found by a woman at a beach in South Carolina last month has sparked a mystery over what creature it belongs to.

Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study.

NASA’s first SpaceX operational Crew Dragon mission is set for launch Saturday.

A pair of mammals previously unknown to science have been discovered in a forest in Australia, according to a new study.

NASA is on its way to figuring out whether Mars contains fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life, but a new study suggests the Red Planet had water billions of years earlier than previously believed.

NASA announced late Tuesday that it had certified SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket to carry U.S. astronauts to and from orbit, the first new craft to be certified by the agency "since the space shuttle nearly 40 years ago."

When the first so-called "murder-hornet" nest was destroyed in Washington state last month, scientists discovered hundreds of live specimens in various stages of development, officials revealed on Tuesday.

The only photo of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong standing on the moon is slated to go up for auction, where it's expected to sell for big bucks.

NASA has paid tribute to Alex Trebek, who helped recruit the next generation of astronauts for missions to the moon and Mars.

More than 4,000 exoplanets have been discovered so far, with only a small portion thought to have the properties to contain life. A new study suggests that the galaxy may actually contain 300 million planets capable of supporting life.

The crew of three Americans and one Japanese are scheduled to rocket away Saturday night, provided approaching Tropical Storm Eta doesn’t interfere. It will be a speedy trip to the space station, a six-orbit express lasting under nine hours.

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has urged Americans “to build again together” following the election.

Former NASA astronaut and senator-elect Mark Kelly has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election victory.

The shark is running a path that two other female sharks of similar sizes have made recently.

NASA is slated to return to the moon in 2024 with its Artemis mission, but it's asking for help from companies to help document the return trip.

Scientists have discovered new details about a hellish lava planet light-years away from Earth that is unbearably hot, rains rocks and has lava oceans more than 60 miles deep.

Mark Kelly has won a seat in the U.S. Senate, making him only the fourth NASA astronaut to be elected to Congress.