The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s request to launch a constellation of 7,518 satellites into orbit, a major regulatory hurdle the company needed to…
Last week, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) confirmed the astronomical radio source in the middle of our galaxy is a huge black…
The first private mission to deep space is gathering momentum. Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner wants to hunt for life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Russian-Israeli billionaire…
Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969, carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on a journey to pull off humankind’s first moon…
'Are we alone in the universe?' The question has fascinated, tantalized and even disconcerted humans for as long as we can remember. There might…
Astrobiology is now a mature science. For the first time in human history, we will no longer need to satisfy ourselves by merely speculating…
A rock that had been used as a barn doorstop on a Michigan farm for more than 30 years is actually a massive meteorite worth…
NASA said this week that the first commercial test flights have slipped from late this year into next. SpaceX is shooting for a January shakedown…
According to British billionaire Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic is ‘tantalizingly close’ to its very first trip to space. Branson founded Virgin Galactic back in 2004…
Aerospace company Lockheed Martin unveiled a spacecraft concept it says can land humans on the moon once again, responding to NASA's call for more missions…
Japanese firm Ispace, which specializes in robotics and intends to become one of the first lunar delivery companies, has announced its first two missions to…
The dust has cleared after the enormous sand storm for NASA's Mars rover Opportunity to be spotted from space. On Thursday (Sept. 20), the agency's…
Elon Musk had previously announced to carry our two BFR cargo missions to Mars by 2022. So to be able to stick to the original…
Dawn is NASA's a mission to the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt – Vesta and Ceres, These diverse worlds offer scientific snapshots…
The US space agency will send humans back to the Moon, but they intend on doing it sustainably. In this regard, NASA plans to…
In this fascinating clip by Motherboard, we follow astrobiologist Luke McKay efforts to assess how microorganisms can survive in such extreme conditions such as hot springs.…
NASA's successor to the Kepler mission, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is already paying dividends. The satellite was only launched in April and spent…
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa signed with SpaceX to fly around the moon on the company's next-generation rocket, CEO Elon Musk announced last week. The…
At Spaceport America in New Mexico, a test version of the umbrella-like shield called Adaptable Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) was one of NASA…
Air transport company Ana Holdings, together with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has launched a new programme, AVATAR X, to boost space exploration using…