is a modified Boeing 747‐SP equipped with a 2.5 m telescope dedicated to astronomical research. Currently under joint development by the US (NASA) and Germany (DLR), it is scheduled to begin ...

Bulgarian violinist Svetlin Roussev, accordionist Veronika Todorova and the Sofia Sinfonietta will take the stage. Svetlin Roussev will perform on the 1716 Stradivarius violin, loaned by the Bulgarian ...

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in ... within 66,000 miles of the planet,according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies (CNEOS).

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in-83 chance of ... passing somewhere within 66,000 miles of the planet, according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station ...

People who appreciate good astrophotography will no doubt be familiar with the work of Don Pettit, a veteran NASA astronaut who is closing in on having lived 500 days of his life in space.

In reality, however, scientists have yet to solve that query. That could soon change, thanks to a new NASA flagship telescope being designed to seek out strange new worlds that could support life ...

Credit: NASA GSFC/Rebecca Roth WASHINGTON — Retirements and reassignments have led to a reshuffling of leadership in part of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. At a Jan. 12 meeting of three ...

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." In late February, if all goes to plan, a new character will enter NASA's space ...