Earth is home to ecosystems so bizarre, extreme, and unexpected they defy everything we think we know about life and nature.

“I remember how surreal it felt to shake hands with writers and artists I’d admired from afar for years,” she told the AP, noting that many of them have since died, including Edward Said, Grace Paley, ...

Kostis Palamas was not only one of the major Greek poets of modern times. He was also one of the most inspiring figures of Hellenism, as pieces of his literary work were adopted as national poems of ...

Hotspots are also found in Iceland, in the Afar region of Africa, and under the ocean worldwide. Cinder cones are simple volcanoes that form where vents, or openings, spit out ash and lava.

NOS3 is a suite of tools developed by NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility to aid in areas such as software development, integration & test (I&T), mission ...

When Jared Isaacman gave up his childhood dream of becoming a NASA astronaut, he still needed to get his adrenaline fix somewhere. He found it after dropping out of high school and building ...

Jim Free, NASA associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), speaks at a press conference to discuss progress for Artemis II mission around the Moon ...

NASA confirmed Thursday that the space agency may have sidestepped the sweeping layoffs it was expected to implement this week, potentially saving hundreds of newly hired employees and career ...

Some House Democratic lawmakers are raising “deep alarm” over Department of Government Efficiency’s interactions with NASA and potential conflicts of interest in a new letter released Friday.

(Editor's note: This story was originally published on Jan. 8.) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would like to see NASA move its headquarters to Brevard County, the rocket launch capital of the world.

Unlike workers at many other federal agencies this week, probationary employees at NASA were not terminated on Tuesday. For much of the day employees at the space agency anticipated a directive ...

The two NASA astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station may be able to return to Earth sooner than expected. In a Tuesday press release, NASA said that SpaceX would switch ...