On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

The International Space Station has orbited Earth for nearly 25 years. During that time, it's housed astronauts, conducted ...

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

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

F or centuries, dating back to long before the invention of the telescope, people have reported odd flashes that sometimes ...

“Imagine that the earth has been watched over the aeons by an extremely patient extraterrestrial observer. Nothing, save a little hydrogen and helium, leaves the planet. And then, less than 20 years ...

Register for 2026 now at [email protected] and we will contact you with confirmed tour details, including dates and prices, when available. Take off on a quest through the past, present and ...

The cosmos is getting its own red carpet, as the inaugural Global Space Awards is debuting later this year with ...

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 ...