Space

This Thursday is Halloween…and Dark Matter Day! Dark matter-themed events are being organized by labs and institutions around the w ...

A group of researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands have successfully grown edible food crops in soils that simulate the s ...

Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men.

Derrick H. Pitts has been named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science.

Saturn pulls ahead of Jupiter in the number of moons detected – current score: 82 to 79 Researchers recently announce ...

Saturday, October 5th is the 132nd birth anniversary of rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard. His was the first liquid-fueled rocket to prove ...

A surprisingly large planet orbiting a small star defies the conventional wisdom about how planets are born.

Weeks ago, an announcement about the discovery on an exoplanet where it appeared possible for an atmosphere with precipitation to exist l ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is putting out the call on its 100th anniversary to name an exoplanet and its star.

The TV series ‘Star Trek’ premiered 53 years ago. The original series only lasted three seasons on prime time, but really hit ...

After a four-week journey from earth, the Indian Space Research Organization announced its Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft successfully entered ...

Sirious, also known as the “Dog Star”, is visible in the pre-dawn sky this time of year; hence the term “dog days of su ...

Nuclear Physicist Gunther Korschinek and his team of researchers from Technical University of Munich sifted through half-a-ton of snow fr ...

The House and the Senate have both proposed plans for Space Force in their versions of the annual defense bill.

GJ 357d is one of three planets found orbiting a tiny (300,000 miles diameter) M-type star 31 light years away. This so-called R ...