The Bell X-2 was built to fly higher and faster than anything before it—until both planes and pilots started disappearing. One exploded midair, the other tumbled past Mach 3 and never recovered. But ...

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...

On Sept. 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution, completed in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates to the ...

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared?

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have spent two decades and large portions of their exorbitant wealth creating new space technologies. Their plan is to reshape how humans live.

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on September 17. Check what happened ...

Musk claims SpaceX will demonstrate full reusability, catching both the super heavy booster and Starship upper stage.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission successfully makes a Moon landing, marking a milestone for NASA and its commercial ...

NASA’s recent confirmation of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1landing on the Moon signifies a transformative moment in the realm of space exploration. The private American spacecraft ...

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets redirected as narrow beams, confined by powerful magnetic fields. The jets ...

Landscape and weather photographer Rob Wright captured the sparkling event in time-lapse footage taken over 49 minutes in Alton.

Richard Ghail, a Professor of Earth Sciences, highlights Venus's relevance to understanding Earth-sized planets and their ...