Inspired by galaxies and constellations, planets and their moons, astronauts, space travel, and more, these celestial names will send you over the moon.

The pioneering spirit and groundbreaking achievements of Black astronauts and cosmonauts have profoundly shaped the history of space exploration. Here are a few key trailblazers. Robert Lawrence Jr.

RIT’s Academic Convocation speaker is former NASA astronaut and physician Mae Jemison, who will receive an Honorary Doctorate ...

Harvard University turned over the photos to the International African American Museum in Charleston after a seven-year legal ...

International Women's Day 2026: The day serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggle for gender equality and women's empowerment.

Cue a froggy theme song by John Williams while the "Frogs in Space" prologue slowly scrolls from the bottom of the screen into the infinite galaxy. This is where the Frogs must find a way to destroy ...

NASA is getting ready to send another Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) for the purpose of delivering cargo and scientific research under the Commercial Resupply Services ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's rendering shows the ESCAPADE probes near Mars. NASA After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma ...

Robert "Bob" Springer is a former NASA astronaut and military pilot from Ashland, Ohio. He flew over 500 combat missions in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine Corps pilot. He has logged more than 237 hours in ...

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight. When you purchase ...

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits. By Katrina Miller In 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a ...

In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour (24,000 kilometers per hour). The mission aimed to test whether NASA could one day ...