Among the newly confirmed planets, nine are located within the habitable zone of their stars.
IBM is opening up quantum computing to everyone as it hopes to accelerate development of this cutting-edge technology.
As part of its “New Aviation Horizons” initiative, the space agency aims to design, build and fly a new generation of supersonic planes.
To celebrate Earth Day, take a look at these stunning photos of our planet from space by NASA and learn how you can do your part to protect it.
On Sunday, the Hubble Space Telescope — product of a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency — will turn 26.
A new NASA study has provided fresh evidence that at least some of the free-floating objects that abound in our universe may be low-mass stars known as brown dwarfs.
NASA and the European Space Agency announced Thursday that the Cassini spacecraft had detected “faint but distinct” evidence of dust from beyond our solar system near Saturn.
The announcement of the new space mission is the beginning of a venture that could take decades to come to fruition.
The spacecraft, which was launched in 2009 and has since discovered over 1,000 exoplanets, entered an emergency mode last week.
The Dragon spacecraft is carrying an expandable habitat and mice as part of its cargo.
Elon Musk's spaceflight company has had three successful launches since the June 2015 crash.
Since December 2013, the spacecraft has discovered a total of 250 asteroids and comets as part of its mission to identify potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
Creating an accurate and detailed map of the space environment of our solar system is a top priority for scientists planning future deep space missions.
The space agency, in collaboration with Microsoft, is working on a "mixed reality" exhibition that would offer the public a virtual tour of the red planet.
NASA has completed a comprehensive review of plans for its ground facilities at the Kennedy Space Center that would one day launch the Space Launch System rocket.
HD 80606b, which orbits a star 190 light-years from Earth, may finally help scientists discover how these hot Jupiters wind up so close to their parent stars.
Using data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft, which is currently locked in orbit around Saturn, scientists have identified the tallest mountain on the alien moon.
Until about 3 billion years ago, the moon used to spin on a different axis, showing a slightly different face to the Earth, a new study has revealed.
In new images captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater is revealed in all its glory.
Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft will perform double-duty as a cargo delivery vehicle and scientific investigation.
The “shock breakout” — a sharp blast of light created as the shock wave generated by the collapsing core of a star reaches its surface — was captured by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.
The RS-25 rocket engine would eventually power NASA’s Space Launch System — a successor to the agency’s now-defunct Space Shuttle program.