Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they ...

For decades, black holes were thought to be invisible cosmic monsters that swallow everything, even light. But Stephen ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explain why humanity is returning to the Moon and its significance.

On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after more than two decades.

NASA’s 1986 Challenger mission was intended to inspire students to consider a future in space. The crew’s family is continuing their legacy.

NASA’s 1986 Challenger mission was intended to inspire students to consider a future in space. The crew’s family is ...

Embarking on a spur of the moment astronomy lesson, Musk explained that the sun makes up some 99.8% of mass of the solar system, and that Jupiter, the biggest planet, is just kind of a rounding error ...

Families of the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger gathered to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

New Hampshire school teacher Christa McAuliffe died on January 28, 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.