VISIONS of leaving Earth and launching humanity further into the cosmos are enough to get anyone starry-eyed. But the ...

Nearly half of Mars dust consists of silica, which on Earth is known to cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease that ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, ...

But this study shows that solar wind can spread energy far beyond those areas, changing the way heat moves through Jupiter’s ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The satellite Vanguard 1, launched on March 17, 1958, became the oldest man-made satellite still orbiting Earth. After 67 years in space, a group of scientists, aerospace engineers ...

Mangroves are on the move, and scientists are tracking their surprising advance into new northern territory. Just as John ...

A powerful solar storm has delivered a dramatic blow to Jupiter’s magnetosphere, revealing that even the largest planet in ...

U.S. military officials are sounding alarms over growing threats in space as Russia and China rapidly develop space weapons ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station has unveiled videos of dazzling auroras captured from the ...