
NASA’s Next Exoplanet Hunter Will Seek Worlds Close to Home
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is designed to spot planets orbiting nearby bright stars
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is designed to spot planets orbiting nearby bright stars
Lunar researchers want to take advantage of Trump administration’s political interest
Funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health would hold steady after Congress agrees to lift spending caps, but details are fuzzy
Experiment shows how spacecraft could use stellar signals to navigate in deep space without human instruction
Earth scientists recommend smaller, cheaper missions to maximize science returns over the next decade
More than 2 million newly digitized images extend the history of the bottom of the ice sheet
U.S. astronauts last visited the lunar surface in the 1970s
Lawsuit alleges the institution mishandled complaints about cognitive scientist Florian Jaeger
The trick lies in capturing the weak gravitational shifts in the ground
Astronomers expand ideas of how chemistry and geology could affect chances for life on other worlds
National Science Foundation will look for partners to provide extra financial support for Puerto Rico facility
Complex chemistry in the dwarf planet’s upper atmosphere may explain one of its biggest mysteries
Scientists scramble to avert disruption to dataset that has tracked polar ice since the late 1970s
Juno probe discovers surprising activity in the giant planet’s interior
Geologists track hundreds of quakes caused by people and the projects that set them off
Ancient crustaceans in dino dung from Utah illuminate herbivores’ broad diet
Latest big tremor could be linked to major earthquake earlier this month
James Bridenstine, a member of Congress, has long pushed for the U.S. to return to the moon
From ground, sky and space, researchers are ready to test latest technologies on the Great American Eclipse
Scientists will look into the heart of Surtsey, an island created 50 years ago by a volcanic eruption
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