NASA's Curiosity rover found pure sulfur crystals inside a rock after backing over and accidentally crushing it on May 30, ...

Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace said on Thursday it was preparing for the launch of ​its Vikram-1 rocket, the first attempt by an ‌Indian private company to place a satellite in orbit.

NASA is preparing a robotic rescue mission to boost the falling Swift telescope, test satellite servicing, and avoid a costly ...

Searching for habitable worlds beyond our solar system involves more than having a planet orbit within its star's habitable zone, the region where temperatures could be just right for liquid water to ...

July 20 marks the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on the lunar surface. On ...

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After renovation of the building, the artifact is once more on view in a new gallery ...

Exoplanet atmospheres have become prime targets for astrobiologists in the search for life beyond Earth. This is because exoplanet surfaces can't be directly imaged yet, so astronomers must get ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will create the most comprehensive record of the universe to date.

The Vera Rubin Observatory has begun a 10-year survey to create a new inventory of our solar system and the Milky Way, and ...

The Moon Base initiative is NASA’s effort to establish infrastructure near the moon’s south pole that would support ...

Fourteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.

The first six months of 2026 have produced four stand-out sci-fi movies – and they all have one thing in common, says Bethan ...