NASA on Thursday evening launched a space probe called OSIRIS-REx to chase down a dark, potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu. The probe will take a sample of the asteroid and – in a US space ...
Nasa's plans to send humans back to the Moon and possibly even further have received a huge boost after the US Congress decided to fund the space agency with an "extraordinary" budget for 2016. But ...
NASA's Juno is now poised to shine a spotlight on the origins and interior structure of the largest planet in our solar system. As we wait for Juno's first close-up images of Jupiter (to be taken Aug.
NASA announced on Wednesday that in 2016, Earth experienced the hottest surface temperatures in modern history. Separate, independent analysis at NOAA provided the same conclusion. This makes the ...
NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA released their best photos of 2016, featuring images of astronauts, missions, celestial events and other moments of everyday life in the space agency. NASA's highlights include ...
In this artist’s conception, two astronauts make their way between their Orion capsule and a piece of an asteroid that’s been captured by a robotic spacecraft. (NASA via YouTube) House Republicans are ...
Earth's surface in 2016 was the warmest it has been since modern record-keeping began in 1880, government scientists said today. But when reporters asked if that is a pre-inauguration message for ...
Earth's 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and NOAA. This makes 2016 the third year in a row to set a new ...
An open-source cloud computing project, known as OpenStack, was developed by NASA and Rackspace Inc. to standardize the data on NASA websites. (NASA Photo) When one of NASA’s top geeks talks to the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The year 2016 was a dynamic time for spaceflight and space science, marked by major technological achievements in rocketry and scientific discoveries that will completely alter our understanding of ...