After 50 years, scientists will get a chance to study lunar gases collected during Apollo 17 mission.
Liftoff of the powerful space observatory is now scheduled for December 24.
The NASA spacecraft has made its first direct contact with the Sun's atmosphere, a historic achievement.
One star is orbiting the black hole at 5,431 miles per second, which is 0.03% the speed of light.
Space ain't what it used to be, nor will it ever be the same again, as this year so aptly demonstrated.
Whatever the Cow is, it's packing a huge amount of mass into a tiny area.
A 17-year-old program to recognize commercial astronauts is ending, but not before the last set of astronaut wings get handed out.
A 2,500-mile journey across Antarctica could hold lessons for future Moon and Mars missions.
A Sun-like star just sent out a flare 10 times larger than any previously observed.
Astronomers have spotted a planet 10 times the mass of Jupiter in a hot, two-star system.
The newly deployed system can calculate impact odds as low as a few chances in 10 million.
The dwarf galaxy seems to have none of the mysterious stuff that's thought to make up most of the universe's matter. That's bizarre.
Blast off is scheduled for December 22 and holy crap this might actually happen.
It’s probably a displaced boulder, but the Yutu 2 rover will now investigate this “obtrusive cube” from up-close to make sure.
Views of Leonard with the unaided eye are a distinct possibility, as the “ultrafast” comet makes a brief trip through the inner solar system.
The ongoing commercialization of space continues, as NASA transitions away from the aging International Space Station.
NASA administrator Bill Nelson described Russian state media rumors that a NASA astronaut drilled the hole as false and without credibility.
The black holes are closer to Earth, and to each other, than any other known supermassive black hole pair.
Upwards of 10 to 20 percent of the earliest galaxies are hidden by thick blankets of cosmic dust, new research suggests.
The $10 billion space telescope is now scheduled to launch on December 22.
