Mark Zaid, the D.C. attorney known for handling cases regarding national security, security clearances, government investigations, freedom of speech claims and whistleblowing, responded to President ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.

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G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

Life’s left-handed puzzle: NASA discovers a bigger mystery surrounding our origins CNN is cutting hundreds of TV jobs in a digital pivot. Read the memo CEO Mark Thompson sent to staff. I’m a Frugal ...

Chorus waves are mysterious, chirping signals produced by spiraling plasma inside our planet's magnetic field. But a new detection suggests scientists may understand less about them than first thought ...

The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been found on Mars providing evidence that there were open bodies of water, not ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered ...

Opening the Vault: An exhibit of, well, cool stuff at the National Building Museum. By Rob Brunner. The Other 51st State: Why Canada is more likely to become the 51st state than the District is. By ...

Day of Remembrance honors fallen astronauts with ceremonies nationwide, including wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery led by Jim Free and events at various NASA centers.

Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a ...