Museum officials said they are working to turn the space-related event from McDonough into an opportunity to teach the public about the galaxy.

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration.

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

Every year, hundreds of tiny micrometeoroids from comets and asteroids gently land on your rooftop, surviving atmospheric ...

The discovery could bolster efforts to make the U.S. less dependent on China for minerals essential for renewable power.

Sometimes I look at the Moon and realize how little I actually know about it—what it's made of and how it formed. In this ...

A thick layer of more than 12 miles of rock may explain why Bermuda seems to float above the surrounding ocean.

For Queen to help Dumars make the world forget about that trade like Men in Black, Queen has to be a dominant presence and ...

Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map ...

Around 120 million years ago, a bird swallowed over 800 tiny stones and choked to death as a result. Paleontologists aren’t ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...