Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Another development to look forward to. The post Earth’s Lower Orbit Could Rapidly Collapse, Scientists Warn appeared first ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.