Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...

Every couple knows the moment when connection snaps. The look. The tone. The word that lands like a punch. You can feel the air change, the room contract. It’s that instant before the crash. It comes ...

This week, China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft sent back its first image from space. It’s headed to a rendezvous with the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, one of Earth’s “quasi-moons,” where it will collect samples in ...

As commercial and military interest in space continues to grow, many in Europe are keenly aware of the risk of being left behind. As The Economist went to press, the European Space Agency (ESA) was ...

Houston, we have a list of great museums where you can learn about outer space, from science to history. Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick Phineas and Sandra ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has begun awarding prototype contracts for space-based interceptors, an early step in the Pentagon’s push to field its planned Golden Dome missile defense ...

The International Space Station just hit a new milestone, with every one of its eight docking ports full for the first time ever, according to NASA officials. The crowded house comes after the arrival ...

Startup Fleet Space announced yesterday that it used its satellite-powered AI system to expand the scope of an already massive lithium deposit in Quebec. Finding a mineral resource isn’t easy. Only ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Bumper 8 successfully lifted off on July 24, 1950, at Launch Complex 3, at what was known as the Long Range Proving Ground. That was 75 years ago. “It’s a momentous day. It all ...

The quest to grow food beyond Earth has fascinated scientists and space agencies for decades, not only as a matter of survival, but as a critical strategy to sustain life on long-duration missions and ...

As part of the country's grandiose "Golden Dome" air defense project, the US Space Force has begun awarding prototype contracts for space-based interceptors, SpaceNews reports. These designs will ...