Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the ...

The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...

MIT scientists have snapped the first-ever images of individual atoms interacting freely in space, making visible the elusive ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission pulled off the first-ever artificial eclipse in space using fully automated spacecraft formation flying ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has ...

Since its failed launch, the spacecraft's descent module — a heavy, durable object built to survive entry into Venus's atmosphere — has remained in orbit. It has been slowly descending toward Earth ...

After initial positioning by ground control, the satellite duo’s autonomous system of cameras, LEDs, and laser rangefinders ...

LOWELL, Mass. – A multichannel camera designed by UMass Lowell hitched a ride on a NASA mission Saturday, May 3, successfully ...

A dramatic aircraft chase of a falling spacecraft has provided new insights into the fiery processes that accompany the ...