Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up. By Matt Richtel Edward Dwight is going ...

The 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas is moving at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter. Tremendous explosions in a galaxy close to the Milky Way are pouring material equivalent to around ...

With NASA's return to the moon with Artemis 3 tentatively scheduled to touch down at the lunar south pole sometime in 2026, gamers can get into character as astronauts embarking on an expedition ...

This redefined a long-distance call. Earth just received a laser transmission from a world- (and perhaps universe-) record-breaking 140 million miles away — which could have major implications ...

UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a ...

Texting on the Moon? Streaming on Mars? It may not be as far away as you think. That’s the shared vision of NASA and Nokia, who have partnered to set up a cellular network on the Moon to help ...

Russia blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday reaffirming the need to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space. The measure was proposed jointly by the United States, a nuclear ...

This month, Junipero Serra High School in Gardena had a pep rally to celebrate the achievements of what might be its least conventional team: its cutting-edge space squad. Seniors Isaiah Dunn ...

India is one of the world’s top spacefaring nations. It is the first Asian country to reach Mars orbit, and the fourth on the planet to take a spacecraft to the moon, landing closer to the south ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Space Force unveiled an official painting in October 2023 of a U.S. spaceplane intercepting an “adversary” satellite to stop it from disab ...

For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in ...

Satellite images from NASA and NOAA showed the moon’s shadow moving across North America. By K.K. Rebecca Lai and William B. Davis CANADA Montreal PATH OF TOTALITY UNITED STATES Dallas MEXICO ...