Space

Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

Comer suggests something ‘sinister’ behind 11 missing scientists

Molly Parks · April 20, 2026 4:13 pm

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling roughly 230,000 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled, April 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Gregg Newton/Getty Images)

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

The Artemis II crew – from left, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman – pause for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.

Artemis II crew shares lunar larks after historic journey around moon and back

Space Force General Stephen Whiting, Commander of United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), speaks during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing, Thursday, March 26, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Russia planning to put nuclear weapons in space, US general warns

NASA Artemis Moonshot

White House orders NASA and Pentagon to develop nuclear space reactors

The moon in culture

Chris Vognar October 21, 2022 3:25 am

Astronaut James A. McDivitt.

James McDivitt, 1929-2022

Philip Terzian October 21, 2022 12:30 am

This combination image provided by NASA on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, shows the Pillars of Creation as imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, left, and by NASA's James Webb Telescope, right. The new, near-infrared-light view from the James Webb Space Telescope helps us peer through more of the dust in the star-forming region, according to NASA.

James Webb telescope captures stunning image of ‘Pillars of Creation’

Asher Notheis October 20, 2022 3:12 pm

This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.

Researchers suspect ‘something is fishy’ with universe expansion

Jack Birle October 19, 2022 8:27 pm

Astronomers just spotted the most powerful flash of light ever seen

Misty Severi October 15, 2022 10:25 pm

SEE IT: NASA’s Webb telescope captures pair of stars creating ‘fingerprint’ pattern

Jack Birle October 12, 2022 6:31 pm

NASA reschedules Artemis 1 launch for mid-November

Jenny Goldsberry October 12, 2022 6:29 pm

This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA's DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART slammed into the asteroid head-on at 14,000 mph knocking it into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP)

WATCH: NASA says DART mission was ‘watershed moment’ to protect Earth from threats

Maria Leaf October 11, 2022 7:33 pm

Ancient Mars

Scientists give new look at life on ancient Mars

Luke Gentile October 11, 2022 2:46 pm

Captain’s log: William Shatner experienced ‘strongest feelings of grief’ from space trip

Asher Notheis October 11, 2022 12:12 am

FILE - This Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 photo provided by NASA shows the first notable solar flare of 2015, as observed from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

WATCH: Sun spews plasma cloud in giant solar prominence caught on video

Misty Severi October 10, 2022 4:39 pm

Out of this world: Tom Cruise to be first actor with movie filmed in outer space

Heather Hamilton October 10, 2022 2:11 pm