Space

This is the story of a movie-like robbery and one with a happy ending.

The holes are visible to the naked eye and are named like this for a reason: SpaceX has dominated space launches.

It was actually a Chinese rocket, which China claimed had burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere years earlier.

The return to the Moon is a key focus of the renewed space race. While NASA continues preparing for the Artemis program, not all its lunar missions fall under that umbrella.

With the upcoming launch of the New Glenn rocket, the aerospace company wants to demonstrate it’s ready to compete with SpaceX.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new dimension of the Aitken Basin, the largest crater on the Moon and one of the largest known in the solar system.

A decade after Xi Jinping opened China’s domestic space sector to private investment, the industry has undergone a remarkable transformation.

There are only a few nearby stars. Researchers are confident that a particular star system is responsible for generating the radio signals.

Gas giants can be difficult to understand. What lies beneath the thick, opaque clouds of planets like Uranus and Neptune? Is it more gas, or perhaps a solid core?

Life has a remarkable way of emerging in unexpected places, often testing the patience of scientists who strive to keep certain environments unchanged for research purposes.

Upon opening the spacecraft’s hatch, cosmonauts detected a strong odor and small droplets in the air.

Einstein’s theory of relativity continues to hold up against rigorous tests, even on the grandest scales of the universe.