Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is currently on his third stay on the International Space Station where he works with other astronauts to conduct experiments and maintain the celestial outpost. But in his ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

On January 14, 2005, a spacecraft landed on one of Saturn's moons! The European Space Agency's Huygens probe hitched a ride ...

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit's video of an "intensely green" aurora from the ISS has stirred online speculation about its ...

The vintage NASA photos include Earthrise, which was captured by the crew of Apollo 8 as they orbited the Moon.

On Wednesday, Mukuku Village in Kenya got an unexpected visitor from space. At about 3 p.m. local time, a large metallic ring weighing about 1,100 pounds and measuring 8 feet in diameter crash ...

Kenyan officials examine a metallic ring that fell from space.Citizen TV vis Reuters Kenyan officials ... a mountaintop resort in North Carolina.Photos by Brett Tingley, courtesy of the Glamping ...

Series of films about an amateur astronomer who suspects alien influence affecting the local townsfolk's behavior when a spaceship crashes in the Arizona desert.

For U.S.-based space enthusiasts, traveling to see March’s eclipse over Canada might be more feasible. Bring a pair of eclipse glasses—with no totality happening during this event, you’ll ...