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, ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

The second goal was to seal those samples within the craft for the long journey back to Earth in order to safely bring them ...

A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a ...

"One advantage of the shallow entry, slow velocity atmospheric path model is that by the time the meteoroid is close to ...

After the target was tracked by powerful radar, an interceptor was fired from a Vertical Launch System on the island, taking it out outside Earth’s atmosphere, according to releases by MDA and ...

Have you noticed that when you watch someone move—like watching people dance, or watching your favorite sport—that you almost ...