When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it ...

What does it truly mean to live in space? To wake up in microgravity, repair failing systems, and make sure there’s enough ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans to the lunar surface in half a century. But there's a developing twist: an emerging competition between ...

Flashes of light seen in the sky in old astronomical photographs may reveal the presence of reflective, satellite-like ...

Even without the ISS, some humans will stay off planet for the foreseeable future. There is no plan to stop the continuous habitation of space. The spiritual successor of the ISS will likely be ...

Shenzhou-21 crew reaches Tiangong in record time and will conduct 27 scientific experiments during six-month mission.

Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

"Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build" debuts Nov. 5, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. "Operation Space Station: Science and ...

California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with ...

In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Doug Hendrix, co-founder and CEO of ExoAnalytic Solutions — a ...