An engine problem caused the rocket to automatically abort seconds before liftoff. Mission managers now hope to try again Tuesday.

A "time traveling" solar eclipse will soon turn the sun into a ring of fire for sky-watchers in parts of Asia and the U.S. West.

The newfound space rock 2012 DA14 will pass so close to Earth in February that it could hit a communications satellite, scientists say.

In areas with high foot traffic, installations of special flooring may prove that the answer to meeting energy demand lies right beneath our feet.

Dragon is slated to become the first commercial craft to visit the International Space Station—and it should return with used gloves.

Scientists deploy "leaf packs" to survey threatened water quality in Peru.

Buried for 86 million years, a bacterial community lives so sluggishly it's still surviving on a "lunch box" from dino days, a new study says.

Unsafe conditions on Mount Everest forced a Nat Geo team to cancel plans to ascend via the West Ridge, the expedition leader says.

But the new data from a NASA spacecraft cast doubt on a popular theory for what triggers the planet-roasting bursts of energy.