There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

Scientists have detected something strange in Earth’s magnetosphere, some 100,000 miles away from the ground. Split-second ...

In February, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Orbital,” a Booker Prize-winning novel following six people ...

Nicole Stott is the latest astronaut to lend her autograph to the Space Hipsters Signature Edition series of "signed" patches ...

BEIJING -- As China's Shenzhou XIX mission reaches its halfway, the three astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station, ...

The X-15 is the only conventional aircraft that has ever been flown above the “Karman Line” separating the Earth’s atmosphere from space.

Don Pettit, currently stationed on the International Space Station (ISS), shared a breathtaking night-time image of Dubai, ...

The 'scariest photo ever taken in space' has an incredible story behind it, as it captured an astronaut completely cut off from everything else.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who is now on the International Space Station (ISS) mission, posted a breathtaking image of a ...

The system was installed on the side of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module on the ISS. From there, the rig of 4K cameras is livestreaming the view of Earth for around 20 hours a day, save for ...

It has not been possible to fire the engine and raise the satellite's orbit, due to an issue with the valve that releases the ...