The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

SpaceX is set to launch the NROL-77 mission via a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Station at 2:16 p.m. Tuesday.

A major burst of solar material is on track to reach Earth soon, according to an alert from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Forecasters say a coronal mass ejection, an enormous release of ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

UC Davis engineers have invented a Stirling engine that captures Earth’s escaping heat to generate power from the night sky.

Kids in the '70s loved this snack that was originally developed for astronauts. The quick energy-boosting treat also helped ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

The Earth's tail is known as the "magnetotail". Though it is generally a permanent feature, it is at the whims of the solar ...

A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space ...

65th Session of The Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of The Committee On The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) 65th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer ...

He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a ...

Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out ...