Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

From a Cape Canaveral blockhouse the seven Mercury astronauts watched tensely last week as the countdown neared zero. Atop a towering Redstone rocket rested the one-ton Mercury space capsule of ...

I always get nostalgic when I come to Houston, the “Space City,” as I did for Saturday’s Texas Bowl between LSU and the ...

These are the 12 best new space and sci-fi books on the market, so if you're looking to do a little (or a lot of) reading ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the ...

Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to launch to space, soaring from West Texas with Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin.

A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking a brief ride on a Blue ...

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year's cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans groundbreaking missions in 2026, targeting the Moon, Mars and advanced space science.

The demonstration mission saw the test spaceships – each around 1 meter wide and 2.5 centimeters thick – launched into low ...

Space is always inspiring and 2025 was no exception, with finding Betelgeuse’s buddy, debuting a prolific survey telescope ...