space exploration

Three new Australian satellites have been sent into space after Western Australia launched its own trio of CubeSats earlier in August.

Some say dreams of colonizing Mars are totally unrealistic. Others, however, think they're both credible and critical for ...

Elon Musk has risen to prominence and great wealth by pushing the boundaries of space exploration, satellite technology, ...

Commentary Originally published by Gatestone Institute “This is not the first time that the NASA administrator has lashed ...

TOKYO—Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration plans on Tuesday, aiming to put a Japanese person on ...

Beijing has been expanding its space exploration to search for extraterrestrials, which one Chinese astronomer once said is ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—NASA announced today it has awarded Hawthorne-based SpaceX a $178 million contract to launch the first mission ...

Commentary Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk always wanted to fly. She had her first flying lesson when she was ...

Commentary I’ve been fascinated by space since my earliest childhood, when I would read comic books about Martian ...

Canadian astronauts will join the first space mission to the Moon in 2023. “I am proud to announce ...

Commentary At a recent online seminar, former NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin warned that if the United States doesn't make some changes, China ...

The little planet that’s had so little attention will finally get a little more acknowledgement—in seven years. A ...

Commentary The Trump administration wants the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to focus on deep space exploration, ...

Astronomers have observed a large black hole consuming the remains of a destroyed star for an unusually long ...

China on Sunday recovered an experimental probe launched aboard a new generation rocket, marking another milestone in its ...

The "habitable zone" is the region around a star in which water on a planet's surface is liquid ...

From astronauts breaking records for the longest amount of time spent in space to experiments growing food and ...

This week though I had no doubts that I wouldn’t be the only one excited as I discussed ...

One solitary asteroid might be worth trillions of dollars in platinum and other metals. Exploiting these resources could ...

It (could be) life Jim, but (perhaps) not as we know it.

People who have seen Earth from space report a “cognitive shift in awareness.”

Space travel leads to many changes in the human body. But if you're planning an out-of-this-world trip, here ...

For nearly 40 years, the phrase "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" has resonated ...

Astronomers have much to celebrate in the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies (IYL). Until the 1930s, ...

NASA's New Horizons space probe has sent back the first set of high-resolution images of Pluto ever seen.

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read that the “first Earth-like exoplanet” has been discovered.

The New Horizons space probe voyage to Pluto has helped to create new interest in learning about our ...