Space Exploration

Images of sari-wearing space scientists in India remind us that research is global and cultural dress should be welcome in the workplace

NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it

NASA’s Lucy mission is starting its science studies way ahead of schedule

Increasing NASA’s budget would ease pressure and allow it to dream even bigger

A Stanford researcher is growing crystals on the International Space Station and electronics to withstand the extreme environments of Venus.

NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to a heavy-metal asteroid of the same name—a type of object that scientists have never seen up close before

For the third time in a year, coolant is leaking from a Russian module aboard the International Space Station

Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle in space

If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say

TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority

The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists

The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat