50 years after the first moon landing, humans are trying to reach the lunar surface again. They’ll stay longer if astronauts can find and…

Tech titans want human beings to move off-planet, but reproducing away from Earth could be incredibly difficult

How astronomers are tapping the public to name 2007 OR10

Space is far from silent, and we can learn a lot if we know how to listen

A new study of astronaut twins offers a clearer understanding of how space travel affects the human body

The beloved rover’s mission on Mars is coming to a close

Candice Hansen-Koharcheck is a first-hand witness to some of the most iconic images of outer space.

How an astrophysicist uses dolphin and whale communication to prepare for possible alien contact

Microgravity could be an ideal environment for cancer drug research

Three planet-hunting spacecrafts were lost or retired this year

The film inspired a generation of scientists

Elon Musk and other futurists are missing something big

A Rabbi, an Imam, and a Christian theologian on what life in space could mean for the spiritual

Scientists are begging NASA to go back to Uranus and Neptune