A century after Robert Goddard’s first-ever launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, two NASA experts weigh in on what his legacy ...

Snowpiercer, a graphic novel, movie and TV series, imagines a different deep-freeze scenario: Geoengineering gone haywire. To mitigate global warming, scientists released aerosols into the atmosphere ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

Earth’s gravity has a lot to do with what people think is up and what is down. Things fall down toward the ground, but that direction depends on where you are.

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.

What if the sun never set? The California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to set that in motion by launching thousands of ...

A hazy, ultra-light “super-puff” planet, Kepler-51d, is hiding its secrets and challenging how scientists understand planet formation.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Jeff Bezos’ space venture recently unveiled its Near-Earth Objects (NEO) Hunter mission, which leverages the company’s Blue Ring platform to protect Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids. Blue ...

Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid ...