Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in ...

WASHINGTON—Scientists have expanded the search for technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations by monitoring a star-dense region toward the core ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night ...

Japan is exploring ways to beam solar power from space, a project that's expected to be tested in ...

Veteran moonwalkers of the Apollo Program say that the United States needs to take space seriously as a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall while trying to land on the lunar surface ...

WASHINGTON—It is a world wrapped in mystery—the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus, seen up close just once ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M—Virgin Galactic completed what is expected to be its final test flight Thursday before taking paying customers ...

WASHINGTON—Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing Jupiter are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. ...

Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit will cease operations after its failed rocket launch out of the United ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two ...

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces the second lunar lander contractor for the Artemis V Moon Mission at 10:30 ...

The UK's first orbital rocket launch could blast off from the Shetland Islands this summer, as industry bosses ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A crucial radar antenna on a European spacecraft bound for Jupiter is no longer jammed. Flight ...

WASHINGTON—There has been plenty of excitement in recent decades about planets detected orbiting various stars beyond our solar ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Astronomers have created a stunning mosaic of baby star clusters hiding in our galactic backyard. The ...

Astronomers from the University of Southampton say they have discovered the most massive cosmic explosion ever recorded, which ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet—not ...

Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats for the year's first lunar eclipse. The four-hour eclipse ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A critical antenna is jammed on a Jupiter-bound spacecraft launched two weeks ago, the European Space ...

WASHINGTON—Expanding upon the historic first images of black holes, scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first picture showing the ...

China’s first interplanetary rover, Zhurong, will likely stay dormant on Mars, a Chinese scientist said on state media ...

OTTAWA—NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday said in Ottawa that he expected Russians and Americans to work together ...

Japanese lunar exploration company ispace said Wednesday that it had lost communication with its unmanned spacecraft, Hakuto-R, which ...

A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, losing contact moments before ...