There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss the opportunity." ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Scientists from the Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique in France and from Hawai’i have discovered that it is ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

In 2017, a strange object raced through our solar system - and left just as quickly. Named 'Oumuamua, it moved in ways no ...

TINY critters will be sent into orbit to research how to prepare humans for long-haul space trips. Tardigrades could show how ...

Satellites and other spacecraft have been sent short distances ... those that can survive the harsh conditions of the rarefied interstellar medium (ISM) or those that find protection in ...

The spacecraft is being subjected to extreme temperature changes -- conditions it will face during launch and its journey ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

See Tesla's million-mile battery that could revolutionize the automotive industry. Demonstrators on both sides protested as ...

The Trump Administration recently issued a new Executive Order titled "Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the ...