In space no one can hear you scream, warns the memorable tagline of the sci-fi chiller Alien. However, that doesn’t mean everyone is completely deaf to what’s going on out there, as two eavesdropping ...

The newest frontier for surveillance and intelligence is now space, as satellites crisscross the skies, not just watching below but also around in the blackness of space.

Launch times are subject to change, depending on factors like weather conditions. The rocket and spectacular exhaust plume ...

Following the first-of-its-kind medical evacuation from space last month, the new arrivals, known as Crew-12, will bring the space station up to its standard occupancy of seven people.

The crew will spend the next eight months conducting experiments to prepare for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Devised to facilitate internet connectivity in the most remote regions of the world, Elon Musk’s Starlink has become a vital means of communication in crisis regions and war zones. There are downsides ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

A small red dwarf star in the Milky Way has drawn attention after astronomers mapped four closely orbiting planets around it. The system, known as LHS.

UK-based Space Forge wants to create ultra-high-quality crystals in space for the manufacture of semiconductors back on Earth.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

Look up on a clear night, and you might catch a strange kind of light show. A glowing streak of light, moving slower than a meteor, disintegrates piece by piece. That’s not a comet or a shooting star ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the benefits for entire communities when some people drive EVs; ...