Calla Cofield

SpaceX launched 10 satellites to orbit today (Jan. 14) in a rousing return-to-flight mission that also included a rocket landing on a ship at sea.

Official discussions have begun about which major astronomy missions should receive funding in the 2020s.

The 2017 solar eclipse will be a scientific marvel and an incredible sight, but experts warn that it will also be a logistical nightmare.

Incredibly intense, blindingly bright bursts of radio waves known as FRBs are a cosmic mystery, but for the first time, astronomers have traced one of these events back to its home galaxy.

A newly proposed technique could make it possible to search for life on alien planets, like Proxima b, much sooner than scientists had expected.

2016 has been a bountiful year for space science. Before the calendar runs out, here's our list of the biggest space stories and events of the past 12 months.

The stars of the science-fiction movie "Passengers" got to talk to a real NASA scientist and ask some big questions about space.

A new technology that would use a roughly half-mile-long tether to grab large pieces of space debris and dispose of them is being tested in space.

The science collaboration responsible for the first-ever direct detection of ripples in cosmic space-time has been recognized by two publications for its monumental achievement.

Two scientists will discuss the real-world science to be found in the new science fiction flick "Passengers," and you can watch the discussion on Facebook.

Ellen Stofan, current NASA chief scientist, said sending humans to Mars would be a powerful step in the search for life beyond Earth.

Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos announced yesterday (Dec. 6) that construction is underway on a new rocket manufacturing facility for the private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

Sony pictures is teaming up with NASA to beam the new science fiction movie "Passengers" to the International Space Station.