Leaving the cultivated hillsides of the village, we crossed the park border and soon entered tropical forest, where jewel-like flowers peered out from under giant ferns and monkeys materialized and vanished as mist sieved through buttressed hardwoods. We trekked through ...

Asteroid Apophis is scheduled for a brief rendezvous with Earth and NASA is hoping to get a good view of the close encounter in order to prepare for potentially hazardous visits by other rocky bodies. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings ...

A highly-anticipated mission to Jupiter and its intriguing moons is gearing up for liftoff, ready to begin an eight-year journey through the solar system to reach icy worlds that may host some form of life. NASA Delays Return to Earth’s ...

NASA, along with a suite of international and private partners, has big plans to build a small space station. Called Lunar Gateway, the proposed outpost will support missions at and around the Moon and provide a unique platform for conducting ...

Given these real and growing risks to human flourishing, there is—just barely—time to be wiser. Looking at this future is like “looking down that railroad track and seeing that little light,” according to seasoned scientist Bob Perry. When he talks ...