The Milky Way — NASA.gov Editor’s note: As you have probably heard by now the elements that compose Earth and all of the life on it came from the stars.

The solar wind flows around Earth’s magnetic field. A new NASA study suggests that the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere and strength of the magnetic field have been correlated

The 112-foot DSS-56 in Madrid, Spain — NASA.gov The Deep Space Network (DSN) is the primary means of commanding, tracking, and receiving data from all of NASA’s deep space missions,

ChemOrigins The origin of life is one of the most compelling questions in science. While experimental prebiotic chemistry has produced a wide range of reactions and plausible pathways, the resulting

An artist rendition of comet C/2014 UN271, the largest known comet in the Oort Cloud. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular