The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion has died ...

The first Ukrainian woman to go to space came from humble beginnings in her home country, but her desire to fulfill her ...

Jonathan McDowell has tirelessly catalogued the space industry. Now he is planning to retire, and looking to pass on his ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

The two astronauts who piloted the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed test flight responded to a claim from President Donald ...

Two NASA aurora research rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range earlier this month provided good data for learning more about the fastest observable variations of the solar wind-driven light ...

Alas, the miracle could not last. The solar storms were heating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing it to inflate and increase ...

Learn about Dr. Robert H. Goddard's groundbreaking rocket launch in Auburn, Massachusetts, a pivotal moment in U.S. space exploration history.

William Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, has won UD’s highest ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch created a visual sensation for sky watchers Monday evening in Stanislaus County. The rocket ...

Electrical engineer Scott Hesh works on a sub-payload canister at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia.