It may still be an uncomfortable subject for some, but periods are a real thing that people need to manage. But what do ...

A small, icy visitor from beyond the solar system is giving scientists an unusually close look at the chemistry that may help ...

Astronauts aboard the ISS conduct science experiments, maintain station systems and share Earth views during Expedition 74’s first full week ...

NASA marks 25 years on the International Space Station, highlighting robotic systems, life support recycling, 3D printing, solar power research, and global student STEM engagement for future space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again spotted a distant exoplanet that I have exactly zero interest in ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has gone farther than any other spacecraft in history. Launched in 1977, it is a historic ...

Like Ghaskadbi, many researchers can trace their initial childhood interest in science to a gift. Dozens of readers of the Nature Briefing responded to our call asking about their favourite presents — ...

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim has returned to Earth after an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station. He ...

DUSTER instrument and SPSS seismic station will be “emplaced by human explorers on the Moon to achieve science goals,” which ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the moon during the Artemis IV ...