A team of Texas A&M engineering students are working on a technology called optical propulsion, which could cut travel time ...

If an alien in the Alpha Centauri star system were craving pizza, it would take tens of thousands of years to deliver it ...

A tiny, first-of-its-kind, nanoscale demonstration shows how we could one day send a spacecraft to another star, within a ...

What do we gain from space travel? The answer isn’t just out there. It’s all around us. Many of the tools and technologies we take for granted every day can be directly traced to humanity's quest to ...

Scientists have discovered that a hardy microbe can endure pressures strong enough to pulverize rock, strengthening the case that life might survive the impact of an asteroid blasting it off a planet.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space travel is far from one-size-fits-all: Missions to different destinations—whether low Earth orbit, the Moon, or Mars—present unique challenges, especially when it comes to ...

Scientists have developed a new material that could shield humans and critical technology from harmful radiation.

Guy Norris of Aviation Week explores the immersive Orion space capsule experience, a standout attraction at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Developed by the Canadian creative technologies ...