Like many Americans this summer, NASA's Curiosity rover is embarking on a road trip — but on Mars.

Rocky planets that formed early in our Milky Way galaxy's 13.2-billion-year history have a better chance of supporting life than worlds that were later to the party, a new study suggests.

The Arianespace Vega rocket's return-to-flight mission with 53 satellites has been delayed yet again.

China just put three satellites into space during two launches from different space centers in three days.

NASA's prolific Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) found rich evidence of iron and titanium oxides under the surface of the moon, which may show a close connection with Earth's early history.

NASA's Perseverance rover will have a special passenger when it alights inside Mars' Jezero Crater in February 2021 — the first helicopter ever to fly on another world.

The minor Independence Day eclipse will be difficult to spot and observers shouldn't expect mind-blowing views of the moon in Earth's shadow..

"Kerbal Space Program" launches into the ESA frontier today (July 1) with "Shared Horizons" and scientists are thrilled.

The folks at Firefly Aerospace took a brief break from rocket development recently to fire up a rocket engine to celebrate a co-founder's birthday.

Icy moon explorers may someday hunt for life using an old-fashioned method: steam power.

An unstable massive star has suddenly vanished from view, and astronomers aren't sure if it collapsed into a black hole or is playing peek-a-boo behind galactic dust.

An Arianespace Vega rocket is ready for an epic return to flight, as the European booster prepares to carry 53 satellites into orbit tonight (June 28).

Two NASA astronauts began an epic battery swap in a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Friday (June 26), the first of four excursions to upgrade the outpost.

Two veteran NASA planet-hunting missions found a Neptune-size planet that circles its young star every Earth week.

Boeing, one of the two companies supplying commercial crew vehicles, is under investigation in relation to a lucrative contract to land humans on the moon, according to a Washington Post report.

Join real-life astrophysicist in an "ask me anything" with Joe Pesce of the National Science Foundation in our Space.com Forums this week!

China successfully launched the final member in its Beidou satellite constellation Tuesday (June 23) completing a new global navigation system 30 years in the making.

NASA's administrator says he wants to step up commercial flight opportunities for astronauts.

Role-playing game "Star Trek Timelines" released three new LGBTQ characters to celebrate Pride Month.

It includes a 15-episode streaming festival online.

A "ring of fire" solar eclipse will briefly appear in parts of Africa and Asia this weekend, and if you aren't out there in person, you can take in the spectacular show online.

NASA is asking for your help to guide its Curiosity rover around sand traps, sharp rocks and other obstacles on the Red Planet.

The new space strategy game "Space Crew" wants you to explore the galaxy while fighting off an alien threat, and you can try a free demo on Steam through June 22.

NASA's Curiosity rover took a break from assessing ancient Martian habitability to gaze up at the Red Planet sky — where it found Earth.