The Perseid meteor shower takes place each year as Earth travels through the debris shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.

This long-exposure image from the International Space Station shows the growing tension between celestial beauty and human ...

Astronomy and space sciences have mostly avoided the fraudulent practices of paper mills and predatory journals, but that ...

A sturdy scientific tool for kids, we put the Smithsonian Planetarium Projector to the test in our in-depth review.

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Both science fiction and real life have provided some interesting spacecraft names, sometimes borrowing from each other. This quiz will test to see if you know the difference.

The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for astronomers to study the night sky.

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our ...

Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of Amazon Project Kuiper spacecraft is scheduled for 8:35 a.m. ET (1235 GMT) on ...

This stunning view of the full Sturgeon Moon suspended between New York's iconic skyscrapers was taken by Nazli Zeynep ...

A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic ...

SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday (Aug. 9) after living on the International Space Station for nearly five months. The mission's Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance, splashed ...