Space News

The unmanned X-37B, which looks like a miniature version of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiter, is scheduled to blast off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary take a stroll down memory lane and learn how the Hubble Space Telescope became so instrumental to our knowledge of the universe....

On April 24, 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope rode to space aboard space shuttle Discovery - on a mission to do just that - discover. The results over the past 25 years have been nothing short of remarkable....

This week, NASA and the space science community celebrated 25 years since the launch and deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, an instrument with one of the greatest redemption stories in science history.

On Thursday, April 23, 2015, the 14th episode of Crash Course Astronomy went live. It's about our sister planet Venus, and I spent quite a bit of time talking about just how infernally inhospitable it is. Just as I have ...

In a geosynchronous orbit, a satellite orbits Earth at the same speed as the planet is turning, enabling it to stay in place over a single location.

NASA said Friday observations of a dwarf planet have been delayed slightly after a communication glitch.

The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 25 years ago, will never land in a museum. But that doesn't mean all of Hubble's history will be lost. The observatory's legacy will live on in the artifacts from its quarter-century ...