Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.

A giant whirlpool of light, known as a "SpaceX spiral," was recently spotted swirling across the night sky over Europe as a ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

Getting to outer space is tough, but living there presents a whole new slew if issues. Check out how astronauts accomplish ...

Here's a look at some others who found themselves stuck in space — by choice or not — along with some cool spaceflight ...

Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. – Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a ...

It is normal for astronauts to experience muscle weakness their first days back on Earth after being in microgravity for an ...

The telescope will spend two years in space, and by the end of that time, it will have surveyed the whole sky four times. “We’ll have spectra of every kind of celestial object—planets, stars, comets, ...

The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed ...

Also: this week's robotic landings on the Moon — one successful, one partly so; what's up with the USAF X-37B mini-shuttle; and recent news on those Energizer Bunnies of space, Voyagers 1&2.