Several things affect Earth’s spinning speed. The Moon is one of them. When it’s far from Earth’s equator, our planet spins a ...

Boeing, now more than $2 billion in the hole to pay for all Starliner's delays, is still more than a year away from executing ...

In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of three that will be lighting up the summer night sky beginning in July. But it won't reach its peak until August.

A couple of dueling meteor showers will grace the skies later in July, and they will be joined by perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year. Perseids are known for their bright fireballs and ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is ...

US President Donald Trump's plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism ...

Each summer, skywatchers around the world look forward to the famous Perseid meteor shower, but often overlook four lesser ...

With waves and smiles, Shubhanshu Shukla returned to Earth on Tuesday after an 18-day stay on the International Space Station, a feat that holds the promise to herald India’s own human spaceflight ...

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

The meteor shower is expected to peak from Aug. 12-13, although moonlight will impact meteor visibility. The moon will be 84% ...

Purdue has the first-ever Comprehensive Space Engineering Degrees Program with offerings ranging an online master’s degree to ...