Outer space

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.

Asteroids, solar flares and gamma rays... The universe is not short of ways to end life on Earth.

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

Visit SoundCloud to share what you think space may sound like.

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

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

NASA's EPIC camera takes a photo every two hours, revealing how the planet would look to human eyes.

Floating gold and platinum cubes could record colliding universes right after the Big Bang.

Smart guns, LSD science, space exploration and earthquakes caused by fracking in this week's top Tech & Science stories.

The event was captured by amateur astronomers.

The study could produce breakthrough treatments and healthier astronauts.

Albert Einstein's prediction that gravitational waves exist was mere theory until this week.

Inside the "Star Trek" mastermind's Western in space.

Putting astronauts on Mars is one of NASA's biggest goals for the 2030s—and 2016 is pivotal.

Three Earths could still fit inside its borders, however.

NASA's James Green, who consulted on "The Martian," weighs in.

There are now 500,000 pieces of debris in space the size of a marble or larger.

Warning: watching may make you dizzy.

According to a new study, humans are probably smaller than most other intelligent beings, if they exist.

Poll reveals Americans' modern attitude toward travel outside Earth's atmosphere.

It's the best look we've yet had of the dwarf planet.