Fifteen years ago, Rachael O’Grady, an arbitration lawyer, had a blown-up satellite operator case land on her desk, a case ...

A trio of space missions just launched, set to deepen our understanding of the sun's influence and protect Earth from the ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope stared at a blank patch of sky - and revealed thousands of galaxies hidden in plain sight ...

Meteorites - the rocks that hurtle from outer space and make it to Earth, get a moment to shine when collectors gather in Cincinnati to show off the treasures they have found this Saturday.

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

One of San Diego’s most beloved holiday traditions, the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights, returns this year for its 55th year and with a new theme.

At the edge of the heliosphere, the solar wind runs up against the interstellar medium, the gas, dust, and radiation in the ...