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From understanding how the human body reacts to long-term spaceflight to testing critical systems for Mars missions, the International Space Station is our stepping stone to deep-space exploration.

What if you could charge your cell phone and other electronics in less than a minute?

Finding a fingerprint match means sifting through huge databases – and that takes time. But what if you could rule out many of the suspects before you started looking for a match?

Nearly 3 million Americans have glaucoma. Currently there’s no cure for this degenerative disease, but a new tool could help doctors diagnose the condition before it becomes more difficult to treat.

People have always looked to the night sky for navigation, to predict the seasons, or for religious celebrations. But is our love of light affecting our view of the stars?

Astronauts on the International Space Station are ready to take gardening to the next level – and say it with flowers.

How do you test a giant telescope before sending it to space? The engineers at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center have the answer.

Scientists are testing a new counterfeit prevention too small to be seen with the naked eye, but worth its weight in gold.

NASA gets WISE and uses citizen scientists to deal with the flood of data facing them.

Do you have a special list of places you really want to visit? Find out about one of the places on NASA’s bucket list.