Citizen scientists: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission needs your help choosing its sample collection site on asteroid Bennu ... and your extra eyes to look for whatever else might be interesting.

Want to send your name to Mars on NASA's next rover mission in 2020? You'll get your name etched on a microchip affixed to the rover - and a souvenir boarding pass. Here's how.

NASA released before and after images of the spot on the moon where Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crash-landed on April 11.

May 5-11, 2019, is Hurricane Preparedness Week in the U.S. If a hurricane were approaching, would you and your family be ready? This post will tell you how to prepare.

Derechos typically form in late spring and summer. They are violent storm systems that can produce widespread wind damage across a large area. Check out the images in this post.

Microplastic particles - too small for the human eye to see - were blown into the once pristine region by the wind, according to a new study.

Earliest sightings of a young crescent in the west after sunset mark the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. When will the UAE's moon-sighting committee see this month's young moon? If they're using binoculars and telescopes (and have clear skies), they might see it May 5. For the eye alone, the date is probably May 6.

A University of Chicago physicist has laid out an innovative method - using the Higgs boson - for stalking dark matter. He said the Higgs might actually be "a portal to the dark world."

A recent study of pigs' brains suggested some activity could be restored even after they'd been dead 4 hours, reinforcing the idea that death is a process. A neuroscientist explains.

For the 1st time, the European Space Agency will cover progress of a hypothetical asteroid impact scenario - this week - live via social media, from the heart of the Planetary Defense Conference in Washington, DC.