A former astronaut, Bowersox saw his own space station mission abruptly prolonged. He was up there with Don Pettit, who’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

NASA announced Tuesday the dismissal of its chief scientist and others to comply with orders from President Donald Trump, ...

NASA has predicted two solar eclipses for 2025, the second of which is expected on September 21. There will also be two lunar ...

During a partial lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow appears to take a bite of the moon. The full moon is covered during a total ...

Protesters say firings, budget and grant cuts in health, climate, science and other research government agencies by the Trump ...

Luis Melecio-Zambrano is a California Local News Fellow reporting for The Mercury News in south Santa Clara County. Luis previously wrote for Science News, Science, The Monterey Herald and the Santa ...

Like last time, Starship had four mock satellites to eject once the craft reached space on this eighth test flight as a practice for future missions. They resembled SpaceX’s Starlink internet ...

The NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who often go by their nicknames, are poised to fly back to Earth after spending almost nine months aboard the International Space Station ...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, stranded on the International Space Station since June, said Tuesday he believes Elon Musk's claim that the billionaire proposed an early rescue plan, but it was ...