An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth ...

A Pakistani astronaut will become the first foreign national aboard China’s Tiangong space station, as Beijing steps up space ...

SHANGHAI -- An astronomical satellite jointly developed by China and France has detected a gamma-ray burst dating back 13 ...

The agency said that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

Scientists previously assumed the Indian plate slid smoothly beneath Asia. The process was assumed to lift the mountains ...

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its ...

Global bird sightings from citizen scientists and view into “climate niches” reveals unexpected risks for some birds.

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

As the Blue Origin tour kicks off an increased interest in space travel, here's a closer look at the eye-watering cost of travelling beyond the Earth.

There’s something about viewing Earth from space — the shift in perspective has for decades moved us emotionally, scientifically, and philosophically. The iconic Earthrise image of our planet rising ...