Billionaire Jared Isaacman is taking the reins at NASA at a challenging time for the space agency, as it faces budget cuts and technical hurdles th...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre-looking exoplanet that defies explanation

Oceans hiding within the crusts of distant moons are tantalizing targets for scientists looking for life beyond Earth

The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in the process

A scientist, a journalist and a remarkable scent‑detecting dog race to learn what’s endangering the last southern resident orcas

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen before

Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind discovery