Far above your head, in the atmosphere between Earth and outer space, an invisible process is occurring. The increasing ...

A Dragon just pushed the International Space Station a little farther away from Earth. SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully finished a test reboost of the International Space Station (ISS) on ...

Space weather forecasting is decades behind Earth’s meteorology. Learn what makes auroras so unpredictable—and the real-time tricks aurora chasers use to catch them.

Discovery Place Science will open "Above and Beyond," an immersive aerospace exhibition that takes visitors on a journey through the evolution of flight and space exploration, beginning Saturday, Oct.

A cluster of telescopes lined the concrete outside of Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, and families leaned in to take peeks at the moon’s craters through their lenses. Strangers chatted to each other about ...

On 24 February 1997, Jerry Linenger and his five crewmates faced a danger they hoped they’d never meet: a fire aboard their ...

With $2 million in backing from an anonymous alumnus, Duke research will soon reach new heights. Last week, the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences announced a new multidisciplinary initiative that ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...