When it comes to space, there's a problem with our human drive to go all the places and see all the things. A big problem. It's space.

Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum may be able to calm at least one scientific squall: the source of lunar water.

The Andromeda galaxy, our Milky Way's closest neighbor, is the most distant object in the sky that you can see with your unaided eye.

The engine accelerates ions confined in a loop to relativistic speeds, and then varies their velocity to make slight changes to their mass.

New research suggests an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology – the Hubble constant.

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.

New discovery opens the door for scientists to see ideas in action that were previously only understood in theory or represented in science.

Of many remarkable events shown in Star Trek, warp drive was one of the many futuristic ideas that caught the attention people globally.

Long-duration space flight alters fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research

The biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravitational pull.

Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report.

A futuristic technique conceptualized by Stanford scientists could enable astronomical imaging far more advanced than any present today.

The sensor is a surveying tool for both navigation and science mapping, able to create ultra-high-resolution 3D maps at centimeter precision

Researchers have demonstrated Alfvén waves accelerating electrons under conditions that correspond to Earth’s magnetosphere.

Hydrogen and oxygen escaping from Earth’s upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water.

Researchers at MSU, China and France have unveiled a new theory that could help solve a galactic mystery of how our solar system evolved.

Using new analyses, scientists found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in meteorites

Europa is a prime candidate for life in our solar system, and its deep saltwater ocean has captivated scientists for decades.

Earth-based telescopes that look that far back to the big bang (BB) 13.8 billion years ago are unable to resolve the relevant details.

The ambitious project aims to preserve humankind – and animal-kind, plant-kind and fungi-kind – in the event of a global crisis.