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A map of Earth’s gravity. Red indicates areas of greater gravitational pull, while blue indicates areas that exert less. (Credit: NASA) The pull of gravity feels rock steady, yet it wobbles from ...

As NASA's New Horizons mission heads to Pluto, scientists could get an idea of what to expect by studying Triton, Neptune’s strange icy moon. New Horizons marked a major anniversary on Aug 25 ...

By Matthew Phelan An office in an obscure corner of the federal government that NASA has relied on to safely land astronauts on the moon and robotic probes on Mars is facing pressure to cut its ...

No longer a planet but not forgotten, Pluto’s colors, captured by NASA almost 10 years ago, continue to dazzle among the collection of colorful celestial objects only seen in the solar system.

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by NASA is working ... the most detailed map to date of the ocean floor ...