Since its discovery in 1976, the Zwan-Wolf effect has only been found in planetary magnetospheres, never in an atmosphere.

Using data from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified the Zwan-Wolf effect in ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Matt Anderson on May 18 as NASA’s deputy administrator, the second-in-command of the space agency.

A new NASA satellite will test critical technologies for storing and transferring super-chilled, cryogenic fuels in space in ...

So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and planetary science missions than it did a quarter-century ago? The answer is ...

Researchers expected to find "a gradual increase in artificial light at night," but instead saw "much more nuanced patterns," ...

A massive airplane-sized asteroid named (2026 JP1) is set to fly past Earth on May 20, 2026. Scientists say it is safe, but ...

Nuclear power plants are safer than many suspect. But putting reactors in space is a concept with a checkered history. One ...

The agency still has big decisions to make, but the preliminary mission plans include some interesting choices.

The galaxy, Messier 77, is known as "The Squid" due to its curling "tentacles" ...

NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get a boost from the Red ...