The young moon is back after sunset, passing near Venus in the next few evenings. The pale glow on the darkened portion of the moon is called "earthshine."

Male brains facilitate connectivity between perception and coordinated action. Female brains facilitate communication between the analytical and the intuitive.

When a mouse is trained to become afraid of a certain odor, his or her pups will be more sensitive to that odor as well. Researchers say that knowing how mouse parents can influence their descendants is a step toward understanding how human parents may pass some psychiatric disorders to their children.

Nearly two billion years of geologic history can be seen in the canyon, exposed by flowing water and the uplift of the Colorado Plateau.

"What we really need - to learn to slow or stop the aging process - is how to reduce or repair the damage done by stress." - Avi Roy and Anders Sandberg

A new algorithm could profoundly change the way we find photos among the billions on social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr.

It may be two inches long, lemon yellow, and the slowest-moving fish in the sea, but it’s also one of the deadliest predators the ocean has ever seen.

Cassiopeia A - Cas A, for short - is the debris field left behind after a massive star exploded.

With proper coaxing, molecules in microgravity can assemble themselves into forms with surprising properties. This new NASA ScienceCast video explores the possibilities

Gas from a companion star is thought to feed a stellar-mass black hole’s voracious appetite, in the galaxy M101.