Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...

Follow the space program since the moon landing in the four-part documentary "Once Upon a Time in Space". Here’s how to watch ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to reach somewhere truly empty? Our first stop is the International Space ...

That leftover clutter might not sound like a big deal, but it’s starting to raise real concerns among scientists and space ...

A piece of a suspected rocket found on fire in Western Australia highlights the growing problem of space junk – and how ...

Something huge is happening above Earth. China’s Tiangong Space Station is entering a new phase of expansion — new modules, advanced experiments, and ambitions that could reshape the future of orbital ...

The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...

One person's trash is another person's treasure, unless, of course, you're talking about space debris, since it's too tough to acquire without a shuttle or a spaceship. That's a shame because space ...

WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer K2 Space announced plans to launch a three-spacecraft mission in 2027 on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with each satellite deploying to a different orbital ...

The U.S. Space Force is hoping to get its own permanent opposition force for training, this time in orbit. Specifically, the service is looking at sending up satellites into space to serve as ...