The Omega Speedmaster is by far the watch most associated with outer space, and it remains the only watch authorized by NASA for use during extravehicular activity (AKA space walks). But dozens of ...

As a fierce competition between the United States and China heats up on Earth, a new bill in Congress hopes to give Washington an edge on another frontier that has the potential to reshape the future ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

On the Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Are humans on the precipice of not only being visitors to outer space, but also becoming permanent residents? Namrata Goswami, ...

"It is very rewarding to have finally found the silver bullet." After two decades of debate, researchers say they finally have definitive proof that the Silverpit Crater, a buried structure in the ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius addresses guests during the BDI Space Congress 2025 on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images) BERLIN — Germany will invest ...

With the Oct. 1 International Coffee Day approaching, Veracruz state lawmaker Victoria Gutiérrez Pérez has proposed an out-of-this-world strategy for boosting consumption and production. (Veracruz ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in a car to review troops during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China on September 3, 2025. Tingshu ...

Europe is entering a new era of space sovereignty. The implementation of a three–tier security model, the deployment of its own navigation and observation constellations, and the expansion of ...

SpaceX launched a triple ride-sharing mission for NOAA and NASA early Wednesday, kicking off a major upgrade to space weather forecasting and research into influences from the Sun. A Falcon 9 rocket ...

It's also called Russia's "mini-menagerie." They came from outer space: 75 mice, over 1,500 flies, cell cultures, microorganisms, plant seeds and more. A Russian biological research satellite toting ...