From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer ...

Research in space is about more than discovery. It is a strategic asset and soft power that attracts partners and supports evidence-based decisions. The past two years have seen a series of milestones ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's flagship center for space science is under attack from within, and some of the biggest ...

The White House's FY2026 budget proposes a significant 25% reduction in NASA's overall funding, dropping from $25 billion to $18.8 billion. The proposed budget prioritizes human space exploration with ...

The signatories warn that political interference and abrupt budget reductions could jeopardize decades of progress in space exploration, aeronautics and climate science. When you purchase through ...

In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that an era of autonomous space exploration may be closer than we ...

With $2 million in backing from an anonymous alumnus, Duke research will soon reach new heights. Last week, the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences announced a new multidisciplinary initiative that ...

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak WASHINGTON ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy vowed Thursday to emphasize space exploration at NASA instead of “all the other priorities” that were favored by the Biden administration. Duffy, who oversees NASA ...

WASHINGTON — The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes. The report, A Science Strategy for the ...