Space

While sunsets on Mars are uniquely moody, NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a stunning image of a martian sunset, featuring light rays that illuminated a bank of clouds as the sun set over the horizon.

This image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 20, 2013 shows the bright light of a solar flare on the lef...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for an "extremely challenging" experiment of controlled re-entry of a decommissioned orbiting satellite on Tuesday.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has captured unusual circles of sand dunes on the Red Planet.

The European Space Agency wants people who are thoughtful and aware of risk mitigation, British astronaut Tim Peake told the FT.

SpaceX's Super Heavy booster on the launchpad at the Starbase facility. Elon Musk said 31 out of 33 engines fired.SpaceX liv...

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 10 (IANS) India's new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) on Friday morning li...

SpaceX tested its Super Heavy Booster prototype in July at its facility in Boca Chica, Texas, but it ended in an unexpected explosion.

As Nasa gears up for a return to the moon with the Artemis mission, the administration has announced that researchers have successfully developed and tested a new type of rocket supersonic rocket engine called a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that will help Nasa with deep space missions.The point of RDRE designs is to use less fuel while also providing more thrust than the current propulsion system that Nasa and other companies rely on.

Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, said she didn't look like the average spaceport director and has faced several challenges.

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl armed with the LauncherOne rocket under its wing.Mat...

From the ISS, you can see many fires between the dark patches of rainforests and the light green areas of agriculture, Astronaut Matthias Maurer said.

Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, watched Cosmic Girl (pictured above) from N...

Virgin Orbit's rocket launch from the UK failed to reach orbit.Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Virgin Orbit on Monday launched ...

Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Boeing 747, took off and released Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, but the rocket failed to reach orbit.

Virgin Orbit crew will proceed cautiously around the launch in case winds or lightning set in, its CEO Dan Hart said.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Microsoft on Thursday announced a collaboration to fuel the growth of space technology startups in the country.

NASA asked SpaceX about using the Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport three astronauts back to Earth in case of an emergency with the Soyuz leak.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Politico that Chinese military aggression in the South China Sea indicated what might happen on the moon.

Solar and lunar eclipses are fascinating celestial events. In any typical year, solar and lunar eclipses may take place.

India in space: ISRO’s upcoming space missions in 2023...

The three Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 11 are the only people to die in space. One crew member was also the first to celebrate a birthday there.