The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby ...

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...

Huntsville leaders expect it will take about 5 years to fully establish Space Command headquarters and fill 1,400 positions.

More metal than ever is entering the upper atmosphere because of space traffic, with unknown effects on climate ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

Brilliant colors strobed the skies across much of North America — viewed as far south as Florida — on Nov. 11 as a powerful ...

In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA ...

Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, plans to challenge SpaceX with the powerful, partially reusable New Glenn rocket.

Microgravity experienced during spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts' cardiovascular systems. Determining ...

In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift ...