NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with six astronauts and a teacher on board. That legacy is being ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

The University of Pittsburgh officially launched a $25 million biomedical institute Thursday aimed at bridging human health ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

Union Budget 2026 announces 4 major telescope projects in India. These new facilities will boost astronomy research, solar and deep-space observation and public science engagement.

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Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their trajectories, according to new research.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — SpaceX, the Elon Musk-owned aerospace company, may go public next year. Reporting from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg revealed recent plans to put the company on the stock ...

Three astronauts remain stuck on China's Tiangong space station after errant debris struck their return capsule last week. But their return vessel has already arrived, meaning a flight home will come ...

There are no grocery stores on Mars, and resupply from Earth is many months away. As much food as future astronauts to the red planet may pack for the trip, inevitably, they'll have to create some ...