The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...

Mengzhou performed as designed during the test, which lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island. The capsule successfully maneuvered itself away from its Long March 10 rocket and ...

It's the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without ...

Liftoff of the USSF-87 mission is scheduled for 3:30 a.m. ET on Thursday (Feb. 12). A Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch a ...

The discovery that amino acids can form in more ways than we thought is another boost to the search for life beyond Earth. If ...

There are five potential Artemis 2 launch dates next month (March 6-9 and March 11) and six in April (April 1, April 3-6 and ...

Narrated by the soothing voice of the Oscar-winning Morgan Freeman, this four-part natural history series is brought to us by ...

On Wednesday (Feb. 11), the commercial spaceflight company sent 25 more of its broadband internet relay units into space. The launch, on a Falcon 9 rocket, began at 12:11 p.m. EST (1711 GMT or 9:11 ...

Woven through the universe are forces, often unseen, that dictate its grand design. For example, at the very heart of nearly every galaxy, we find a supermassive black hole. This isn't just some ...

After the Feb. 17 'ring of fire', the next annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, and will be visible from locations in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin ...

In the end, there's no single reason winter sunrises and sunsets can look so spectacular. When low angles of the sun, atmospheric conditions and timing line up, they can deliver truly striking ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their ...