Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space on a collision course with our planet. Fortunately, thanks to the Earth's atmosphere acting as a natural ...

During the total lunar eclipse, which will last about five hours, the full moon will travel through Earth's shadow and take on a striking reddish hue for 65 minutes. Unlike a total solar eclipse ...

The U.S. military’s experimental space plane, the X-37B, touched down in secrecy, its journey ending just as mysteriously as it began. After spending 434 days orbiting Earth, the un-crewed vehicle ...

On the Space Coast, the moon will be situated in the south at this point. At 3:31 a.m. totality will end, and the moon will be only partially eclipsed again, starting to move out of Earth's shadow ...

The continued release of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere could increase the longevity of space junk in low Earth orbit, a new paper reveals. Under a high-emissions scenario, this could mean a ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculated that as global warming caused by burning of coal, oil, gas continues, it may reduce the available space for satellites in low Earth ...

Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the air near Earth’s surface also cools the upper parts of the atmosphere where space starts and satellites zip around in low orbit, That cooling also ...

Space Force's unmanned X-37B test spaceplane returned to Earth on Friday after 434 days in orbit. "The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Friday ... installed to power the spacecraft while in transit to, around the moon and back to earth. Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the five sections of each ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. Women’s NCAA Tournament not ready for ...

China is moving ahead with its goal of a manned lunar landing before the end of the decade while planning new missions to its Tiangong space station this year.

This mission, dubbed "Ghost Riders in the Sky", is the company's first flight to the Moon, and marks the first fully successful lunar landing by a private space company. "Blue Ghost Mission 1 ...