Millions of pieces of debris now circle Earth in space. Scientists are exploring new ways to remove them and protect future ...

Lewis Center students in San Bernardino County have been selected to speak with astronauts on the International Space Station. The live communication will take place via Amateur Radio during the week ...

Jonny Kim of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Roscosmos touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday (Dec. 9).

Russian Soyuz crews are now spending eight months aboard the space station instead of six to stretch supplies and lower costs ...

Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out a way to deal with it.

Polar auroras (northern lights or aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere and southern lights or aurora australis in the ...

As the complexities of space travel increase, a recent incident involving Chinese astronauts stranded for an unexpected ...

The humble clumps of moss that grow on garden walls and between the cracks of sidewalks are hardy enough to survive the rigors of space, a new experiment found, and that means the velvety green stuff ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss's ...

Moss spores have survived a prolonged trip to space, scientists reveal. The spores spent nine months on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) before returning to our planet, and over 80 ...

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from ...

BEIJING — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because their original return capsule was damaged, likely from being hit by space ...