Aerospace

The large piece of wing could offer up clues for authorities hoping to locate the rest of the airplane and determine what happened to the ill-fated aircraft

NASA's New Horizons team decide on their next target, a classical Kuiper Belt object that can be reached by January 2019, but the agency must still approve funds for this extended science mission

Close encounters between aircraft pilots and unlicensed drones in the U.S. have nearly tripled in the past year

NASA's Curiosity rover provides a beautiful, scientifically appetizing view of what's ahead on Mount Sharp on Mars

China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in space despite their denial of such work

New commercial satellites that promise constant close-ups of Earth are a boon to emergency responders and police but also raise privacy concerns

Terrafugia’s latest car–plane mashup concept would cut the flying car learning curve

Early images from New Horizons' encounter with Pluto reveal an extraordinary surface of strange mountains and varying deposits of light and dark material

Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos

Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos

Entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner talks about the just-announced $100-million Breakthrough Listen Project to search for extraterrestrial technological civilizations

NASA chooses astronauts to fly on commercial missions