Medicine & TechnologyA team of astrophysicists found that magnetars can emit bursts of low energy gamma rays in a pattern never before seen in any other astronomical object.
NASA recently flew higher than other platforms at heights of almost 70,000 feet, double that of most commercial flights, to investigate atmospheric and planetary science, among other applications.
The FAA is implementing a Space Data Integrator prototype that will track a space launch or reentry vehicle traveling through the national airspace in near real-time.
Richard Branson is on his way to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition: flying to the edge of space. His Virgin Galactic rocket plane has taken off for a 1.5-hour mission
Scientists have accidentally discovered a huge and previously undetected galactic structure that could change the way we think about how stars are made.
The Hubble Space Telescope currently faces its most serious glitch in over a decade, and while NASA is too keen to fix this iconic observatory, the agency does not want to hurry the restoration process.
Some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. But these are not powerful enough to physically destroy Earth.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has shortlisted space photos for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Here are five of those stunning images.
DART member, Professor Alan Fitzsimmons will explain at the upcoming World Asteroid Day, an online event, the details of an international experimental asteroid deflection.
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Medical College will launch three studies next year about how space travel could affect the human body as part of the first private mission to the ISS.