Stories by Miriam Kramer

Spikes of ice along Europa's equator could explain the satellite's oddly warm midsection, but would complicate any potential spacecraft landing there in the future

An astrophotographer who snapped images of the cosmos from a driveway in Connecticut is taking center stage in a Brooklyn space art exhibit

The Dragon capsule is due to deliver 544 kilograms of scientific experiments and supplies to the space station on Saturday

Earth's ionosphere never becomes cometlike largely because the planet has its own magnetic field that balances out the sun's influence, but Venus lacks its own magnetic field and is therefore subject to the whims of the sun's solar wind

Personal hygiene is difficult in space, where simple tasks like cutting hair and clipping fingernails become cosmic challenges for astronauts living in zero gravity

Scientists have found evidence of polar lights on exoplanets and hope the discovery will add insight as to the strength of a planet's magnetic field

Scientists beamed a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece to a spacecraft orbiting the moon—the first laser communication of its kind

The spine's elongation in microgravity can add two inches to a six-foot-tall astronaut

The Quandrantid meteor shower should put on a show late Wednesday and early Thursday

Most of the damage was in the visitor's welcome center, which still isn't open. Nearly two meters of water flooded the building, while the tip of Enterprise's vertical stabilizer tore off when an inflatable pavilion fell down around it