Space

The list of bad things that can happen to you in space has gotten longer.

The huge magnetic filaments were clearly detected in the halo of the Whale Galaxy, marking a first for astronomers.

Despite possessing twice the waistline of Jupiter and half again its heft, exoplanet WASP-12b lives so close to its star that it whizzes around once each (Earth) day. Unfortunately, its world may be coming to a swifter end than expected.

Even a galaxy teeming with star-hopping alien civilizations should still harbor isolated, unvisited worlds — and Earth might be among them.

A YouTuber demonstrates what would happen to the Earth if it was struck by multiple sized objects.

It was 1960. The United States of America was locked in a race with the Soviet Union to get the first man into space. The US space agency NASA had rushed to prepare its next rocket for testing. But as they watched, things did not go to plan. The whole rocket had travelled 4 inches. 10 centimeters. Less than the length of your smartphone.

Got a Falcon 9 booster in one place that needs to be someplace else? Get an old shuttle mover.

The truth is out there, but it's fuzzy.

About 40 miles outside of the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, lies Spaceport America — a glittering facility that is home to space tourism venture Virgin Galactic. The spaceport could host its first space tourists in 2020, something that Truth or Consequences has been waiting over a decade for.

Thousands of skywatchers gathered across parts of the Middle East and Asia on Thursday to glimpse the sun forming a ring of fire around the moon in a rare annular solar eclipse.

The red giant Betelgeuse is the dimmest seen in years, prompting some speculation that the star is about to explode. Here's what we know.

Could you get in trouble legally if you murdered someone in space?

Boeing's new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, landed safely in the New Mexico desert this morning, bringing a swift end to a very rough debut flight to space.

Boeing's Starliner capsule successfully took off on top of its Atlas V rocket this morning at 6:36AM ET, however it's unclear what the status of the capsule is at the moment.

This decade, scientists revealed so much about the universe. Here are some of their most inspirational accomplishments.

A comparative analysis of historical and contemporary astronomical data has resulted in the discovery of approximately 100 star-like objects that unexpectedly vanished.

Scientists scouring the lunar surface for clues to past impact rates found a bonus feature that has geologists "thoroughly confused."

Teams have looked for a "fifth force" in the universe within the Earth's mantle, ultra-vacuum chambers, and in hypothetical particles such as "X17." Finding it could help explain mysteries around dark matter and dark energy.

According to NASA's "treasure map," future Red Planet astronauts won't have to carry all their water from Earth.

The planet is a magnet for stuff: space dust, dead leaves, old refrigerators. Is all that mass adding up?

SpaceX has inspired other companies to pursue private markets within the world of launch.

The University of Manitoba has acquired thousands of documents, many of which relate to the infamous "Falcon Lake" case.

A small peak in Mare Crisium contains ancient information about the early habitability of our home world.

A meteor over Australia in 2016 was from a bit of interplanetary debris that had orbited the Earth at least once before burning up.

The comet, 2I/Borisov, looks surprisingly like comets closer to home. It's a sign that the processes that formed the sun and planets are at work elsewhere in the universe.

Relocating the human race to a more hospitable planet would mean that multiple generations would be born in-transit.

Meteorites are an unappreciated food source for a specific metal-loving microorganism, according to new research.

Oh my, this recently discovered black hole…well, it's big.

Scientists say the unexplained rogue waves and high winds mean we are "missing something really fundamental in our standard models of the Sun."

Astronauts have been starting fires in space for years for research. The results are pretty bonkers. In space, a flame is shaped like a sphere instead of a teardrop, and it doesn't flicker. It just hovers, a small, ghostly orb, until it goes out.

A new method might tell scientists whether or not a rocky exoplanet — the kind of exoplanet most similar to Earth — has an atmosphere.

NASA congratulated Shanmuga Subramanian, a mechanical engineer, for his discovery of what remains of India's lost lunar lander.

As the number of satellites and space junk in orbit continues to increase, so do the chances of these human-made objects colliding with one another.

Dr James O'Donoghue, a planetary scientist at JAXA, demonstrates how fast each planet rotates in comparison with each other (Jupiter is really frickin' fast).

Ikea believes its approach to making small spaces more liveable applies even on other planets.

Just because there's a picture of a black hole doesn't mean astronomers have figured out how they work.

There's a mole on Mars that's making NASA engineers tear their hair out.

Scientists have discovered the black hole LB-1, so massive that it shouldn't exist.

If you had to assemble a crew of film astronauts to usher you safely to the moon and back to Earth, who would you pick to accompany you on this mission?

Flat-Earth theorists often have explanations for how a disk-shaped planet would function. The problem is that a flat Earth wouldn't work.

Astronomers say this new way to find black holes could expand the small number discovered so far in our Milky Way galaxy.

A surprisingly youthful estimate of the age of the rings has stirred a backlash.

The first spaceflight-ready version of the capsule was brought to the Florida launch site the vehicle is set to take off from next month.

A study of astronauts has turned up a side effect no one had observed before.

A team of scientists has created the most detailed large-scale model of the universe to date, a simulation they call TNG50.

Calculations involving a higher dimension are guiding physicists toward a misstep in Stephen Hawking's legendary black hole analysis.

Data from ESA's Cluster mission continues to show us just how little we know about how the planet's magnetic field interacts with solar particles.

The discovery showcases some of the chemical enigmas we need to untangle for future Mars missions to properly search for life.

It's not actually a wild notion: a SkyHook, or Spacetether, would be a much more cost- and time- efficient way to leave Earth.

TTSA reportedly acquired the "metamaterials" from UFO researcher Linda Moulton Howe for $35,000 for the purposes of further study.

The plan may sound "fanciful," but researchers say a miniature magnetosphere could be used to protect humans and spacecraft.

The solar system seems to be in perfect harmony with eight planets orbiting around the sun. What would happen if we lost one?

If there was no light pollution, we'd be seeing a lot more stuff overhead.

With a successful first mission in the books, the crew of Apollo 12 was under less pressure.

For the first time in a decade, the ISS is set to host just three astronauts for six months. It'll mean cutting down on experiments and dealing with loneliness.

Astronomers say S5-HVs1 ventured close to supermassive black hole before being ejected.

While there's controversy surrounding the Starlink satellites, you can't deny this guy's enthusiasm.

The asteroid was bigger and heavier than Mount Everest. What would happen if a similar one flew at us at 40,000 miles per hour?

Scientists are renaming an object whose previous, informal name, Ultima Thule, had links to the Third Reich.

If you like handling tiny glass shards, sure, go ahead and touch the lunar surface. But avoid the rocks.