Credit: NASA / UCF / University of Arizona On the moon, not much can survive the arctic plunge of nightfall, where temperatures can dip to -330 degrees Fahrenheit for the two-week stretch of darkness each month.

NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more independently in deep space. The radiation-hardened processor is showing performance levels hundreds of times beyond current spaceflight computers while surviving punishing tests designed to mimic the harsh conditions of space.

Researchers expected to find "a gradual increase in artificial light at night," but instead saw "much more nuanced patterns," NASA said.

The agency still has big decisions to make, but the preliminary mission plans include some interesting choices.

The SR-71 Blackbird is a legend in the world of military aircraft, and NASA may have received one a bit earlier than it was supposed to. What happened?

NASA satellites are tracking an intriguing patch of colored plumes in the waters off the US’s Mid-Atlantic coast. Swirling with vivid hues of green and turquoise, and tinged with a little brown, the stained waters were first detected by orbital observatories in early April.

NASA Administrator was in Huntsville on Friday to cut the ribbon for For Isaacman, it was a journey down memory lane, one that he credits with setting him on a path that has led him to become a pilot,

The Sunset students are part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge, a national program where student teams design experiments tested on suborbital flights