Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

A telescope similar to James Webb was launched in the orbit by NASA in 2025 to look for phenomena that the most powerful tool ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite has measured large river waves for the first time, which were found to be caused by extreme rainfall ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite reveals how small ocean features move heat and nutrients, reshaping climate and circulation models.

NASA’s MAVEN finally sees sputtering—an escape process that stripped Mars of its atmosphere and ancient water.

Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and ...

"NASA invests in this kind of research because it connects space-based observation with real-world challenges," said Cynthia Hall, a support scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington.

Seafood shoppers might notice higher prices, recreational divers and snorkelers will find murkier waters, and even worse; ...

Two new studies used gravity data to pull back the curtain on the deep interiors of the Moon and one of the solar system’s largest asteroids.

This shared origin has long fueled one of planetary science's biggest questions: Why did Venus become a hellish, ...

But the latest research tells a different story. Using machine learning and one of the most comprehensive datasets ever ...