Saturn is among the worst offenders. With its giant system of rings and moons and its extremely orderly magnetic field, the ...

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250 t h birthday of the United States—and the show even ...

This custom camper was built around how its owners actually intend to use it: weekend getaways, occasional ski trips, and hosting friends for dinner or games ...

China is pulling ahead in global research rankings and expanding its ambitions in space. With growing technological ...

During the height of the Space Race, space exploration occupied a much larger place in American culture and education.

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make ...

As he showed a slide naming the active astronauts at NASA one fact struck me: There have not been that many space travelers ...

Sometimes the most extraordinary places hide in plain sight, and the Dee Wright Observatory near Blue River proves that ...

In the frozen vastness of Antarctica, a giant, spider­like antenna eavesdrops on radio waves pulsing around Earth via our planet’s magnetic field. Triggered by solar winds and lightning, these waves ...

Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a series of tests with the lunar lander. What it lacked in glory it made up for in technological contributions. By Kenneth ...

Sure, space travel sounds exciting, but space travelers are still workers – workers who could ordinarily go to restaurants for lunch or go home for dinner. And while the dining habits of cosmonauts, ...

Interplanetary travel has long been one of the most ambitious goals in space exploration, and whether humanity achieves it this century depends on advances in technology, safety systems, cost ...