The Europa Clipper is being prepped for a five-year mission to Europa, one of the moons orbiting the planet Jupiter, and on a sunny...

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is home base for building pioneering spacecraft that have probed every planet in our solar system, including...

IntroductionSolar eclipses were interpreted throughout much of history as bad news for the sovereign — an ominous sign for their personal health or that...

The motion of freely-falling bodies is independent of their composition. This is one of the foundations of Einstein’s Equivalence Principle (EEP), which underpins our...

Who’d have thought that $30 doorbell cameras would end up being security liabilities? That’s the somewhat obvious conclusion reached by Consumer Reports after looking...

People have long dreamed of a bustling space economy stretching across the solar system. That vision came a step closer last week after a...

Liquid water is a crucial prerequisite for life as we know it. When astronomers first looked out into the solar system, it seemed Earth...

Updated 7:15 p.m. Eastern with comment from Rep. Chu. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Feb. 6 it will lay off 530...

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 40 members of Congress from California have asked the White House to reverse cuts NASA has imposed on the...

Coming out of the United Nations climate change conference, methane is in the spotlight. International experts see cutting methane emissions as a key to...

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed...

WASHINGTON — As a Mars helicopter continues to operate far past expectations, lessons from that vehicle are being incorporated into NASA’s evolving Mars Sample...