It sounds like sci-fi, but NASA hopes to build a levitating railway on the Moon. It first proposed the idea in 2021, and it could be up and running by the 2030s. Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) ...

NASA is bringing nuclear energy to the moon. According to internal agency documents obtained by Politico in August 2025, Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy looks to place a 100-kilowatt nuclear ...

GREENBELT, Md. – More than just new ground is being broken at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., with the construction of a new, environmentally friendly sciences building. The ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced this week that the new ultragreen federal facility, named Sustainability Base, located at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., received ...

NASA engineers have successfully completed testing on one half of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — a key step in making sure this future observatory will perform as expected once it reaches ...

NASA's plan to create human settlements on the moon by 2040 has sparked fascination among scientists, engineers and dreamers worldwide. This ambitious project marks a significant leap in humanity's ...

NASA is recognizing one of its "hidden figures" by naming its main office after the first African American female engineer to work at the space agency. The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building ...

Following the Big Bang, our budding Universe slowly cooled, and the first atoms took shape. Gravity gradually pulled on clumps of hydrogen and helium gas, forming the earliest stars. This era, lasting ...

In humanity’s quest to explore Mars, getting there is only half of the battle. To keep astronauts safe while they explore the planet, we’ll need sophisticated habitats, life support systems, and ...

NASA is determined to send humans back to the Moon sooner rather than later. The first crewed mission of the Artemis program is scheduled to kick off by 2024. Now, there’s plenty of reason to think ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA is ...