Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day ...

On Episode 147 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik speak with Mick West, a passionate conspiracy debunker who, rather uniquely, proceeds with kindness and empathy as he unravels some of ...

NASA’s PUNCH mission will study the Sun’s corona and solar wind using four small satellites. Launching in 2025, it aims to ...

Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...

If successful, it would bring back China's first samples collected from interplanetary space, said Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's planetary exploration program and the Tianwen 2 mission.

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

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The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

If you’re packing for an interplanetary space mission—one that’s very long and might involve populating a faraway world—sending an all-female astronaut crew could be an intelligent choice.