KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have discovered a planet orbiting a pair of stars at a 90-degree angle. Reminiscent of the fictional planet Tatooine from Star Wars, the ...

TINY critters will be sent into orbit to research how to prepare humans for long-haul space trips. Tardigrades could show how ...

The Hubble Space Telescope revisited the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation, capturing them in visible light. The image reveals glowing gas, dark dust, and the nebula’s iconic rust-coloured pillars.

A NASA official has warned that if there is an unplanned deorbit of the ISS, the risk to the public from debris will increase by orders of magnitude.

On March 21, the Ceres-1 Y17 rocket—developed by Chinese space company Galactic Energy—successfully delivered a Yunyao meteorological satellite into orbit. Among the mission’s key components was a ...

In a sophomore project course, civil and environmental engineering students learned the engineering design process by designing, building and deploying bee hotels to protect local pollinator ...

The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with NSF, the crew of Fram2 provided insight into their groundbreaking ...

which already has more than 7,000 satellites in orbit. One of SpaceX’s biggest advantages is that it can launch its satellites on its own rockets, which are by far the cheapest in the business.

U.S. officials are expressing concern about aggressive efforts by adversary nations to develop offensive capabilities in space, with a potential arms race in orbit looming that could present new ...

And increasingly local people don't want them built nearby. Putting data centres in space – either in orbit around Earth, or on the Moon - the theory goes, means they can't do quite so much harm.

Cavities and tooth decay are increasingly prevalent oral health issues, affecting both children and adults. Poor oral hygiene habits, coupled with retentive foods and carbonated drinks consumption, ...