Ever wonder how much of what you know about space is actually true? Popular culture has fed us a steady diet of space misconceptions for decades, from exploding astronauts to silent vacuums. Let's be ...

Traveling to space is brutal on the body. Spaceflight can cause astronauts’ bones to lose density, their brain and eye nerves to swell, and their genes to change expression. Research suggests spending ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

Many space operas on the small screen care little about scientific accuracy, but one sci-fi epic grounds its portrayal of ...

It's common to see images of astronauts on the International Space Station exercising, running on special treadmills and pedaling cycles designed for tight quarters. Besides breaking the monotony of ...

The science-fiction film Project Hail Mary sees Ryan Gosling go to space in a state of suspended animation. But does the science suggest that’s possible? If you're enjoying this article, consider ...

A hundred years ago, the scientific consensus asserted that space travel wasn’t just difficult — it was physically impossible. The successful return of the Artemis II astronauts has proven, once again ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket achieved a world first on Sunday during its fifth test flight, showing for the first time that Elon Musk's launch system may really have what it takes to revolutionize ...

The 1987 order from the German government was clear: Shut down your operations in Libya. For Lutz Kayser, this marked the heartbreaking finale to his private rocketry enterprise, OTRAG, and to his ...