Fram2's orbit flew Dragon on a north-to-south trajectory in low Earth orbit at an altitude of about 271 miles (437 kilometers ...

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study ...

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

Soaring demand for copper, lithium, and nickel could make the metals more valuable than oil and gas by 2050, Barclays said.

NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

For eight years running, Finland has been rated the happiest country in the world by a peculiar United Nations-backed project ...

Only days after the Trump administration dismissed authors of a congressionally mandated climate report, two of the biggest ...

Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months on China’s space station. The crew’s landing module came ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

NASA scientists say a 1972 probe launched by the Soviet Union may meet a fiery end crashing back into Earth in the coming ...

The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.