Space Exploration

WASHINGTON — Astronomers are calling on nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground, calling...

Thousands of hills and mounds on Mars have been found to contain layers of clay minerals, which formed when running...

Shining loops of plasma on the surface of the sun "flicker" hours before they unleash potentially dangerous solar flares, a...

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help study the unique ribbons of light that dance across...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new supercomputer simulations.Electric propulsion...

While parallel universes are a staple of science fiction, there are some real scientific theories to support them. But if...

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight will be a long-awaited demonstration of New Shepard’s ability to generate lunar gravity rather...

The United Federation of Planets may hold itself up as a futuristic utopia but it also has a dark underbelly....

Thermal imaging sensors developed for OroraTech and Spire Global’s OTC-P1 satellites. Image: Orora Technologies A new batch of eight fire...

The Milky War arches overhead in this panoramic view of the dark sky above ESO's Very Large Telescope at the...