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

Scientists from Durham Universityâs Institute for Computational Cosmology used supercomputer simulations to reveal an alternative explanation for the Moon's origin, with a giant impact immediately placing a Moon-like body into orbit around Earth.

Computer simulations showcase alternate theories of how the moon was formed

Asher Notheis October 6, 2022 6:11 pm

SEE IT: Stunning photo captured from ISS shows ancient lava flow in US desert

Asher Notheis October 5, 2022 3:56 pm

NASA and Russian space officials stressed Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, that the six astronauts are in no danger after a small air leak developed in one, at left, of the two Soyuz capsules docked at the space station.

WATCH: NASA SpaceX rocket takes astronauts to International Space Station

Misty Severi October 5, 2022 3:41 pm

WATCH LIVE: Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Misty Severi October 4, 2022 9:17 pm

SEE IT: New photo shows aftermath of DART asteroid collision

Ryan King October 4, 2022 7:17 pm

Mysterious debris found on NASA’s Mars helicopter

Asher Notheis October 4, 2022 5:22 pm

FCC votes to adopt policy regarding space junk concerns

Asher Notheis October 2, 2022 10:25 am

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)

SEE IT: Stunning photos show aftermath of NASA spacecraft’s collision with asteroid

Brady Knox September 27, 2022 11:24 pm

NASA could stop Armageddon, which is reason enough to fund it

Quin Hillyer September 27, 2022 7:26 pm

Stealthy solar storm strikes Earth and baffles some scientists

Ryan King September 27, 2022 2:11 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)

NASA’s historic DART mission sees spacecraft smash into asteroid

Asher Notheis September 26, 2022 11:25 pm

This image provided by NASA shows a false color composite image of Jupiter obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Jupiter is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years

Ryan King September 26, 2022 8:35 pm