space

"This is now becoming so real."

Let’s not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival....

White holes are mathematically possible, according to general relativity. But does that mean they're actually out there?

The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here's how to terraform our lunar neighbor.

Using nuclear fusion, Pulsar's rocket could dramatically increase travel speeds, aiming for tests by 2025 and fusion temperatures by 2027.

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected water vapor swirling around a planetary system 370 light-years away.

A pair of astrophysicists, one with Kindai University, the other the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, both in Japan, have found possible evidence of an Earth-like planet residing in the Kuiper Belt. In their paper published in The Astronomical Journal, Patryk Sofia Lykawka and Takashi Ito describe properties of the...

There's a lot of trash on the moon right now—including nearly 100 bags of human waste—and with countries around the globe traveling to the moon, there's going to be a lot more, both on the lunar surface and in Earth's orbit.

Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has announced.

China is the latest nation to study lunar lava tubes as locations for bases. They provide natural protection that's impossible to ignore.

Astronomers have spotted a gigantic void they believe to be a baryon acoustic oscillation — a relic from when the universe was a fiery plasma soup

When NASA crashed its DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos, the goal was to shorten the space rock's orbit around its parent asteroid. The mission succeeded - but Dimorphos' orbit has continued to shrink and it isn't clear why

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined to map its strategy.

NASA's unprecedented asteroid experiment is still churning out results.

An annular solar eclipse, also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse because of the way the sun and moon line up, will be visible in the US, Central America and South America on 14 October...

In 1960, Freeman Dyson proposed how advanced civilizations could create megastructures that enclosed their system, allowing them to harness all of their star's energy and multiplying the habitable space they could occupy.

The U.S. Department of Defense wants fresh ideas on how to maintain military superiority in space.

The Apollo 17 lunar lander base is creating small-scale moonquakes on a daily basis.

NASA's quest for extraterrestrial life now includes technosignatures, evidence of advanced civilizations on distant exoplanets. Through AI, new research methods, and a broadened focus, scientists remain hopeful in discovering life beyond Earth. Our first confirmed proof of life beyond Earth might

A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting for psychological and behavioral factors, specifically in emergency situations. This study was conducted by a team of data scientists from George Mason University and holds the potential to help...

You come at the king, you best not miss.

India's Chandrayan-3 mission has nailed its lunar landing.