On July 12, 1989, the European Space Agency launched an experimental communications satellite named Olympus-1. It was the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical ...

NASA's leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for the agency, which is already bracing for potentially severe funding ...

ESA has chosen five rocket firms to compete for €169mn contracts, aiming to restore Europe’s independent access to space.

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

When huge stars are denied a glorious death, something more brutal occurs, and you get mysterious signals known as fast x-ray transients.

Dutch experts are jointly developing a new satellite system that can accurately measure emissions of the main greenhouse ...

Students in Southern Florida will have the chance Monday, July 14 to hear astronauts on the International Space Station ...

The Space Act, which would apply to local and foreign companies, aims to simplify procedures, protect assets in orbit, level ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed an ambitious plan to establish human settlements on Mars within 15 years. ESA's ...

French astronaut Sophie Adenot will take food from Michelin-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic to the International Space Station ...