Being able to spot the Earth, let alone any signs of life on our planet, would require an enormous telescope from 66 million ...

A 2021 satellite photo shows off the recently uncovered Yilan crater in China, which is most likely the youngest impact ...

A new phase of the space race is unfolding far above Earth, but its effects may not stay there. Satellite launches have increased sharply recently, la.

A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...

NASA's Mike Fincke has identified himself as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical ...

While NASA’s ancien régime imposed a death sentence on the International Space Station, the super-icon can still be saved by NASA’s new wunderkind leader and by Congress.

China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth ...

When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change or the ozone layer. Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on ...

A persistent "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica gives scientists a window into Earth's deep interior, showing how processes far below reshape the planet's gravity field over millions of years.

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke said he was the crew member whose medical issue required a group of space station fliers to return ...

NASA shifts Artemis 3 to low Earth orbit in 2027, opening potential competition beyond SpaceX Starship as the agency revises lunar landing timelines and mission architecture.

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...