Global-warming hysteria was launched 25 years ago this month. On June 23, 1988, James Hansen of NASA testified before a congressional hearing and the world that "the greenhouse effect is here and is affecting our climate now."
The agency that sent man to the moon and gave most Americans their first glimpse of computers more than four decades ago today no longer manages its technology effectively, leaving it vulnerable to cyber attacks and excessive spending, according to its internal watchdog.
While the Mars rover Curiosity is discovering the building blocks of life on the red planet, many are equally excited about another development: commercial companies have finally discovered profit in space.
The passage close to Earth of a mountain-sized asteroid expected Friday has reignited discussions among scientists about how to deal with the improbable — but definitely possible — circumstance of an asteroid predicted to hit the planet.
Was it the blue-plate special or a bipartisan combo? The pairing of President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got much play in the press after they appeared together Tuesday on behalf of the Garden State's recovery from Superstorm Sandy — urging the public to venture to the seashore, spend money and enjoy themselves.
NASA faces a financial crisis and does not have the technological means or funding to follow through with its goal of landing astronauts on Mars by mid-2030s, a leading astronomer told lawmakers this week.
The pizza deliveryman might be in trouble if Anjan Contractor's 3-D food printer is a success.
Ideological environmentalism has killed many of our most important natural-resources companies. Millions of jobs and billions of dollars have been lost.
In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It’s believed to be the first music video made in space, according to NASA.
The International Space Station has sprung a leak and is releasing ammonia coolant that's used to keep its solar-panel power equipment up and running.
NASA plans to position a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and place it near the moon for astronauts to explore, Sen. Bill Nelson revealed Friday.
A privately owned cargo ship left the International Space Station with a full science load Tuesday and aimed for a splashdown in the Pacific.
New results from looking at the split-second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought and provide ancient evidence supporting core concepts about the cosmos _ how it began, what it's made of and where it's going.
Rusted pieces of two Apollo-era rocket engines that helped boost astronauts to the moon have been fished out of the murky depths of the Atlantic, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and NASA said Wednesday.
Two mammoth rocket engines that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon have been fished out of the Atlantic.
