One of the most closely watched astronaut missions of recent memory ... Booming star formation can affect how bright a galaxy appears. “It’s like burning candles: you can have candles with ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station. The Earth and a starry night appear to merge into ...

Getty Images NASA said it ultimately wants to “reduce toxic outputs” — from a galaxy fart ... In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Apollo astronauts had to leave behind items they no longer ...

Astronaut and Massachusetts native Sunita L. Williams is another step closer to returning to Earth. Williams, a native of Needham with Cape Cod ties, and Butch Wilmore of Tennessee have been stuck ...

Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return to Earth on Thursday evening after nine unexpected months on the International Space Station. Though the astronauts may ...

Nine months later, they’ve captured the world’s attention — and hearts — as NASA’s stuck astronauts. Their homecoming is imminent now that a new crew has arrived at the International ...

Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in space ...

WASHINGTON — Army astronaut Anne McClain launched into clear skies on March 14 from Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the colonel's Dragon spacecraft into orbit for a six ...

There are many doubts about everything that surrounds the Earth in the immensity of space. However, thanks to the incessant ...

This long-exposure view shows the Earth and stars as intense streaks over time as seen from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Don Pettit. | Credit: NASA/Don Pettit and Babak ...