The spacecraft making the 1.8 billion mile journey will have a poem etched into its surface. NASA is inviting the public to include their names.

UCF researchers are using virtual reality and artificial intelligence tools to predict how newer structures may crack or shift over a set period of time based on archived data.

NASA plans to use Starship to bring astronauts to the lunar surface. But first, it faces a key test flight.

Many widely prescribed drugs and over-the-counter medications work differently in people who are obese, but exactly how and at what dose often isn't clear.

The young scientists from Viera wanted to learn whether a component in horseshoe blood can detect bacteria in space. Judges selected the project to ride up in a SpaceX rocket to the ISS.

The NPR host has launched a new series called "Healing 2.0." Vedantam tells us why he's bringing us this series as we head into what is supposedly the happiest time of the year.

Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart in September.

Many private and public health insurers won’t cover the $4,000-to-$8,000 expense of whole-genome sequencing. Florida now is among eight state Medicaid that programs do.

The Orionid meteor shower is happening for an entire month, but is predicted to peak Saturday and Sunday, between midnight and dawn.

The ancient black dust and chunks are from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away.

SpaceX launched the Psyche spacecraft on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft is named for the metal-rich asteroid it's chasing, which scientists believe is the battered remains of an early planet's iron core.

With $100 million in new investment, the private space company plans to further develop its fully reusable rocket and construction at Cape Canaveral's LC-14.