Comet 3I/Atlas is soon going to be closest to the Sun in its journey through our solar system. Here are five facts that shed ...

NASA's Space Sierra Dream Chaser: In Washington, NASA and Sierra Space have agreed to a major shift in the future of the Dream Chaser spacecraft. This marks a huge turning point in America’s space ...

Update: Read our interview with Steve Jurczyk here. Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine resigned at the end of the Trump presidency along with deputy administrator Jim Morhard. With their ...

NASA entered a new chapter in its prestigious history of space exploration when the shuttle was retired in 2011 after 30 years. The space agency relied on Russia to get U.S. cargo and astronauts to ...

Blue Origin was denied a lucrative NASA lunar lander contract — but it’s refusing to go down without a fight. Now unsealed court documents show the nature of its SpaceX-centered lawsuit against the ...

Black holes are often portrayed as cosmic monsters—mysterious voids that devour everything in their path, including light itself. While that description isn’t far off, there’s a lot more to these ...

NASA is planning a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, a space station in the moon’s orbit that by the end of the 2020s would be used as a launch pad for crewed deep-space missions sent farther out into ...

It stands up to 118 meters (387 feet) tall and towers over most structures on Earth. It also includes the Statue of Liberty. Further, its massive height allows it to carry astronauts, Orion, and cargo ...

The '60s are over, and no amount of artists' renderings is going to bring back the Apollo days if NASA's budget doesn't get a big boost. That's the key message from the independent panel chartered to ...

The telescope will study how the earliest stars and galaxies were formed. On Christmas Day, NASA launched into space its biggest, most expensive and most powerful telescope yet. The James Webb Space ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA is going to Uranus! This week the National Academy of ...