Space

Tomorrow night, on March 8, the Moon will pass directly between the Earth and the Sun, temporarily blocking the light of the Sun from...

The Death Star we all know has a tendency to destroy planets, but now scientists are attempting to create a Death Star weapon that...

Scientists are getting closer and closer to discovering the nature of those mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) that occasionally ping...

Scott Kelly just came back to Earth from his historic Year in Space, and he's set to undergo extensive medical testing in order to...

This year, teams of entrepreneurs, scientists, and innovators will have the opportunity to compete for a $30 million dollar prize by...

What does our Universe look like on a large scale? Multiple studies have found that galaxies make up an astonishingly low portion of...

The universe will end in fire or ice, as they say, or more accurately, in a Big Freeze or a Big Crunch. Now, there's a new contender...

Many methods have been proposed for finding intelligent extraterrestrial life, but considering the vastness of the universe, and the...

Scott Kelly is finishing his Year in Space today, which marks 340 days of living on the ISS. Once he returns, he will be subject to...

Perhaps the greatest scientific discovery to take place in the 21st century, the detection of gravitational waves has heralded the...

Scientists have just completed the sharpest, most detailed map of our galaxy yet. The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy...

In the last few decades, astronomers have discovered over 1,000 exoplanets, but still haven't found any exomoons. Now, NASA is kicking...

Well, it's official. The astronauts on board the ISS have finally gone apesh*t. Commander Scott Kelly is in the home stretch of his...

Between finding water on Mars and their partnership with The Martian, which basically serves as an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for...

Fast radio bursts were discovered by astronomers almost fifteen years ago, and yet there is still no generally accepted explanation...

SpaceX has tried time and time again to land their Falcon 9 rocket on a barge, but each time the rocket has crashed spectacularly....

The White House is working with some of the nation's greatest futurists to plan for the future of US space travel, and it's hoping...

After their tragic setback in 2014, Virgin Galactic has finally revealed their next-generation space plane, the SpaceShipTwo, which...

The next generation of astronauts will be picked from a more selective pool of applicants than ever before, and it's all because of...

The Kepler Spacecraft has struck again. A group of scientists from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago recently...