NASA is testing new robot grippers that could one day remove space debris and help repair satellites in Earth’s orbit. On ...

Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been in space for more than nine months on a trip that was meant only to be a ...

A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and back. "Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10 to 100 times ...

There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

A terrifying interactive map reveals just how much of major UK cities would be flattened by the impact of the 'city killer' ...

SpaceX will launch a new round of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into lower Earth orbit on ...

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.