The astronaut candidates will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and beyond ...

Upon arrival at Kennedy Space Center, Rocket Lab engineers will conduct post-transport inspections and functional tests in the cleanroom before propellant loading and vehicle integration. Launch is ...

Fifteen years after launch, Japan has announced the end of the "Planet C" mission, leaving humanity with no presence around ...

If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,' ...

Saturn will put on a show for professional and backyard astromers alike, and be the brightest and closest it has been to ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S.

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

Because of the sun's positioning in the days just before, during and after the equinox, those looking down east-west roads in Chicago and the suburbs will be able to see the sun framed by much of the ...

Regulus, a distant star, Venus and our moon will be visible during a conjunction tonight, and how Californians can best see ...

Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star ...

A celestial conjunction saw Venus appear with the moon and Regulus overnight Sept. 19. Will the three create another morning ...