Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major developments occurred to change our thinking. When you purchase through ...

On Nov. 13, the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will open to visitors as the final phase of ...

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-31 ...

Penn State’s strength in space science comes from the depth of our long-standing scientific leadership and the breadth of ...

At its current solar maximum, our Sun has been pretty busy of late, flinging parts of itself at Earth and raising concerns about effects on satellites and power grids while also gracing us with ...

Groundbreaking advances in solar and space physics have provided key insights into the inner workings of the heliosphere, the vast protective bubble formed by the solar wind that extends from the Sun ...

Space Shuttle Endeavour is in place, and the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center is (almost) ready for takeoff.

The International Space Station has once again become the stage for groundbreaking science, as NASA continues expanding the ...

What would happen if you threw a paper airplane from the International Space Station? It’s just the sort of idea that might ...

Congress established committees on space exploration in 1958, in response to the Soviet Union's launching of Sputnik in October 1957. Both Senate and House committees held hearings on the creation of ...

Still, for all the chest-beating talk of looking to the stars, there’s one question that you rarely hear asked: Would ...

Purdue University’s online Master of Science in Space Systems Engineering is designed to produce students with firm grounding in space systems engineering and well prepared to lead and execute ...