The Senate Commerce Committee voted March 12 to send the nomination of Matt Anderson as NASA deputy administrator to the full Senate.

Dragonfly will explore the giant Saturn moon Titan by air, helping scientists learn about the proto-ingredients of life on the satellite's hazy surface.

Time is running out for Boeing to fix its leaky Starliner spacecraft.

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

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More frequent and intense winter dust events have affected Europe in recent years, according to some new research. Scientists believe that drier-than-normal conditions in northwestern Africa and more frequent weather patterns driving winds north from the Sahara are potentially behind these increasingly dusty winters.

NASA is canceling the AXIS X-ray space telescope mission concept, saying it failed to meet key requirements. But the project leader thinks there's another reason.

NASA's moon landing program delay represents the latest in in technical, budgetary, workforce and public perception challenges plaguing the agency.