Space Travel

Three of the asteroids are due to fly by our home planet at distances of around 4 million miles, while one will approach nearly as close as the moon.

These snake-shaped robots, called EELS, could one day explore the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus in search of life.

Aliens could theoretically "boil space and hop right through" in order to visit Earth from faraway stars.

Outside of a spacesuit, the human body is exposed to extreme temperatures, zero pressure and a vacuum that sucks the air out of your lungs.

The asteroid, named 2015 RN35, will be traveling at speeds of 13,220 miles per hour as it flies past our planet.

Previous launches were attempted on August 17 and September 24 but were scrubbed due to various issues with the rocket.

The strange, eerie light could be seen in the twilight sky from California to Arizona, leading many to wonder about its origin.

This strange reversing of Mars' path occurs around once every two years as Earth overtakes the Red Planet in our orbit around the sun.

At 40 light years away from Earth, TRAPPIST-1's four Goldilocks zone planets are one of the prime candidates for finding extra-terrestrial life.

Retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg recounts her experiences as a woman in space.

Researchers looked at the possibility of one nation monopolizing any alien interaction, and the likelihood of international conflict.

Debris from previous Mars landings and crashes might affect future missions to the red planet.

Becky Smethurst tells Newsweek a black hole is a couch cushion, "not pulling anything towards them. But if you lose something down the side, it's gone forever."

According to the report, the U.S. must take measures to win a new space race with China, both back to the Moon and eventually to Mars.

Claims on Reddit suggest the largest meteorite to have ever hit earth's has already been discovered.

After announcing it would leave the ISS after 2024, Roscosmos has revealed a model Russia-only space station.

The loud noise will be as a result of the eventual bursting of a pressurized lunar habitat module.

If existing debris isn't cleared to prevent further accumulation, collisions are likely to grow exponentially.

A transgenic lettuce may address bone loss not only for space travelers but also patients on Earth.

Blue Origin has announced that a flight reschedule forced Pete Davidson to drop out of a planned trip into space later this month.

Footage shot by an onboard camera shows the moment that the rocket's upper stage carrying NASA cargo tumbles out of control, with Earth whipping in and out of view beneath it.

The FAA stressed in a letter released Friday that licensing the proposed Spaceport Camden "would not authorize a single launch."

The Falcon 9 launch on Thursday, the 27th launch of 2021 for Elon Musk's SpaceX, with five more planned in what remains of the year.

Other celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron, have reportedly all purchased tickets to fly on upcoming space flights.

The telescope will build upon the observations of the Hubble telescope, and allow astronomers to observe galaxies as they existed in the early Universe.

New research suggests that China's FAST telescope could spot self-replicating extraterrestrial technology at the outskirts of the Milky Way.

An interview with Prince William hitting out at space tourism was published one day after William Shatner made history as the oldest person to travel to space.

"I hope William Shatner doesn't have unrealistic expectations of what space is like," Stephen Colbert tweeted alongside a photo of Shatner kissing a green alien woman in "Star Trek."

History's first all-civilian space flight crew orbited Earth nearly six times during their first day in space and are "healthy, happy, and resting comfortably."

Follow the moments that led to SpaceX's historic launch of the first ever all-civilian space crew.