A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital’s halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs and ...

NASA’s third annual Summer of Innovation (SOI) project is underway. The project is providing hands-on learning opportunities for middle school students and educators through NASA-unique science, ...

On Nov. 18, President Obama signed an Appropriations bill that solidified NASA's budget for fiscal year 2012. The space agency will get $17.8 billion -- that's $648 million less than last year's ...

Fiscal year (FY) 2012 ended on a high note for NASA with the successful landing of the rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars in August. Over the next several years, Curiosity will explore the Red ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1950s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the origins of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is ...

NASA’s Space Technology Program is turning science fiction into science fact. The program has selected 28 proposals for study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. Eighteen of ...

NASA scientists took time on Wednesday (Nov. 28) to soothe 2012 doomsday fears, warning against the dark side of Mayan apocalypse rumors — frightened children and suicidal teens who truly fear the ...

NASA may only consume 0.5 percent of the federal budget, but it generates practically all of Uncle Sam's viral marketing buzz. Never was that more apparent than on Monday morning following the ...

Robotic Drilling Systems AS, a Norwegian company developing a drilling rig that can think for itself as it explores for crude oil and natural gas, signed an information-sharing agreement with NASA to ...

Last night, off the coast of Virginia, NASA launched five small rockets in in five minutes to test the winds of the upper atmosphere. The rockets flew up to a height of about 100 km (60 miles) and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials have confirmed that earth was nearly hit by a huge solar flare back in 2012. The close call happened on July 23, 2012 but we just managed to escape, thanks to ...

In the film, the world ends on Dec. 21, 2012 -- a date that marks the end of a Long Count period, or 25,000-year cycle, on the Mayan calendar. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich, who's also ...