No space suit required! Designed for middle-school students, Down To Earth is an anywhere, anytime program for everyone, regardless of prior knowledge of space research. With our online program, ...

The latest discovery will likely reinforce the theory that the amino acids that exist on Earth today were brought by meteorites that rained down on the planet after it cooled. Past analyses of ...

Every living thing on Earth requires amino acids to make proteins that in turn carry out life-sustaining functions, from breaking down food to generating energy, building muscle, and repairing tissue.

In fact, scientists have long theorized that amino acids might have arrived on Earth via a meteorite ... Ultimately, the ...

Life is starting to look a lot less like an outcome of chemistry and physics, and more like a computational process ...

During the Late Heavy Bombardment, a period between 4.1–3.8 billion years ago when more impact events hammered our planet, Earth’s surface was partially solid. Amino acids, hydrocarbons and other ...

With the help of technology, we can tune into the hidden sounds of our planet, from the pull of the moon on our mountains and cities to a silent rumble so deep and powerful, it can move the earth ...

This will slow it down enough to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and land at its target site. The deorbit burn will pose the biggest test for the mercurial thrusters. The main burn will be conducted ...

As early as Oct. 10, a small piece of Colorado will begin its more than six-year journey to Jupiter's mysterious moon Europa-which, scientists ...

Leaving its crew behind in orbit, Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Friday and chalked up a successful unpiloted return to Earth, closing out a ...

Breastfeeding shapes infant microbiome, reducing asthma risk, especially within the first three months of milk intake.

touching down at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico. The capsule returned autonomously to Earth without its two crew members, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will remain ...