Plato, the European Space Agency's terrestrial planet hunter spacecraft, is seen after having 24 of its 26 cameras installed.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...

"NASA has briefed ESA about the Budget Request, and while some questions still remain about the full repercussions, follow-up ...

A glacier in Antarctica is committing "ice piracy"—stealing ice from a neighbor—in a phenomenon that has never been observed ...

Don’t miss this image created by NASA through powerful telescopes, which captured a massive blackhole located over 230 ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious ...

The spacecraft launched as the USSR attempted to reach Venus, will crash back to Earth this week as scientists try to ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) says that asteroid (612356) 2002 JX8 will "safely fly past" Earth at 12pm on Friday (May 9).

The spacecraft operate in a highly elliptical orbit, using real-time data to execute precise maneuvers and maintain their ...