Outer Space

This is the second time Trump has publicly said he wants to develop a U.S. space force.

President Donald Trump's administration has been slashing regulations all over the government, from net neutrality to environmental protection, and its collective gaze has turned to outer space.

Christa McAuliffe was planning to film lessons aboard the Challenger for classrooms all over the country to use.

Despite the backlash, Rocket Lab may do it again.

Astronomers recently sent a message to a star system which may have the ability to support life.

By 2040, the population may reach 100.

Users can now explore the ISS in a 360-degree view, courtesy of an astronaut at the European Space Agency.

The ball-shaped drone is remotely controlled from Japan and flies around the ISS of is own accord.

A manned-mission to the Red Planet could cost anything between $6 billion and $1 trillion.

"Finding a star can at times be harder than finding a planet.”

Hollywood terraforming involves a magical transformation of a moon or planet to look just like some idealized facet of Earth’s biosphere.

The space agency is hosting a 24-hour broadcast on what asteroids are and the risks they pose if they were to collide with Earth.

Life on one planet could easily spread to another, according to the numbers.

The International Space Station is going through one of the busiest times in its traffic history.

Hidden volcanoes and greenhouse gases mean if you were standing on the Venusian surface it would be like swimming 1,000 metres below sea level—if the ocean was scorching hot.

The moon has one-sixth the gravity of Earth, which makes it an attractive alternative base.

A camera-equipped helicopter could overcome the limitations of the Curiosity rover.

Scientists at Moscow State University are planning to launch a constellation of satellites.

Prey isn’t about aesthetics alone. It’s a sci-fi thriller with plenty of the granular combat skills gamers love. Talos 1, Kennedy’s legacy, becomes the flashpoint for an alien invasion unlike...

NASA scientists announced today that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, has hydrothermal vents that are actively releasing hydrogen. Because such ecosystems are known to support life, the...

Early next year, Ale Co. will launch a microsatellite into orbit—approximately 310 miles above Earth—to bring shooting stars closer to home.

Brazil prepared to launch its first satellite into space to provide better internet access across the country—and shield it from the NSA.

New liquid/solid hybrid rocket fuel from Rocket Crafters reduces the chances of detonation and cuts costs drastically.

India launched more than double the amount previously launched at once by Russia.

Sexism and the lack of female pilots and engineers at the time of the first moon missions kept the voyages all-male.

The method could also apply itself to the detection of Einstein's gravitational waves.

'Twas the night before Christmas 1968 and all through outer space, three astronauts became the first humans to orbit the moon.

Scientists are using "sonification" in the study of exoplanets.

Conspiracy theorists believe a black moon is linked to the apocalypse.

'Space is our frontier. To rob us of our right and destiny to stride forward into that frontier, constantly pushing the envelope of what is known, is wrongheaded.'