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Aurore Simonnet/NANOGrav CollaborationA breakthrough identification of distant signals in space is shedding new light on gravitational waves — one of science’s biggest mysteries. -
Brandon Swanson/OPBOregon-based aerospace outfit tests equipment for space agencies around the world on the coast and in Central Oregon.
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The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from French Guinea at 7:20 a.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 25. The NASA mission was decades in the making and should reveal the earliest galaxies in the universe. -
Dashcam footage and home surveillance video captured the fireball that lit up the night sky on Monday. -
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first human moon landing. Science writer Oliver Morton (who actually has an asteroid named for him) has… -
It was just two weeks ago that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced that the country will send people to the moon again, within five years. The… -
Laika the dog began her life as a stray on the streets of Moscow, but attained a level of immortality as she became the first living being to orbit the… -
We grew up thinking about people living on other planets, thanks to the likes of Superman and Star Wars. But planets outside of our solar system (and… -
The images of the control rooms in the early days of American space flight--in real life and in the movies--are images of lots of white men. But it took… -
Easy come, easy go. The United States worked hard to put people in the moon in the 1960s. Then, after achieving the goal with more landings over three… -
Scott Kelly came back from the International Space Station and said his clothing felt weird. It floats around you when there's no gravity, you see. Which… -
If you like those pictures the Curiosity rover sent back from Mars, you're thinking good thoughts about the work of Adam Steltzner. He should be a… -
The wonders of the universe continue to unfold with an ever-stronger array of telescopes and other devices for seeing into deep space. Then there's all…
