By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

While the sitting US government strips NASA of its expert leadership and funding, it seems China is more than happy to take ...

Life on the International Space Station isn't always easy. There's not a lot of room, no showers, and no laundry. Photos show ...

Should the Cygnus XL be able to proceed toward the ISS, NASA astronaut and current ISS inhabitant Jonny Kim will capture the vehicle using the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm before guiding it ...

Spending time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) induced aging-like changes in a group of cells key for the health ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

The small asteroid, located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, was visited by Lucy on April 20, 2025, during a ...

In “Rocket Dreams,” Christian Davenport revels in the struggle between the billionaire moguls Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to ...

The IAU (International Astronomical Union), an international non-governmental research organization and global naming authority for celestial objects ...