The small rocket and capsule have been flying since April 2015 and have combined to make 38 launches, all but one of which ...

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally ...

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after decades of space probes, meteorite analysis, radio telescopes, and UFO ...

A pair of space probes cruising the solar system may be able to pass through the tail of the mysterious Manhattan-sized comet hurtling towards Earth — but only if the scientists operating them act ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most ...

We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary. Tom has a master’s degree in ...

When NASA launched the Pioneer probes, they were met with an intriguing mystery. At around 20 astronomical units, both spacecraft began accelerating towards the Sun.

Using artificial solar eclipses, the ESA probes Proba-3 are researching the corona of our home star. Now there is an impressive time-lapse.

Itokawa was the driving force behind Japan's postwar space program. An aircraft engineer, he had designed one of the nation's ...