Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

Our planet does have a new travel buddy in the form of a tiny quasi-moon that will be with us for another 60 years.

This is your rundown on the latest breaking news in space. We’ve got updates on everything from auroras to black holes, plus ...

The website for MARS-V describes the planned Mars camp as a "special interest tourism program that provides individuals the special experience of exploring the red planet under a habitat that most ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

One of the two branches of the Taurids meteor stream, the Southern Taurids can occasionally produce very bright meteors. In ...

Professional and amateur astronomers alike love to share facts about our amazing universe: “The brightest star is…,” “A black hole is…,” and lots more. These facts are so incredible that we sometimes ...

A newly discovered odd radio circle in space could serve as a time capsule for the violent events that shape galaxies.