As the Trump administration plans to gut funding for space science programs, a new idea has launched: scientific-telescope-as-service.

Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Comet 3I/ATLAS passed its nearest point to Earth early Friday and approaching within 168 million miles. After its brief visit Friday the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will head back toward the outer solar system before continuing its journey through the Milky Way, according to scientists.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman is taking the reins at NASA at a challenging time for the space agency, as it faces budget cuts and technical hurdles that could scuttle its most ambitious missions

A predictive space weather model developed by APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public.

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launches two small spacecraft to Mars to study magnetic fields, solar wind and the risks and limits of lower-cost space science.

Whether space, health, technology or environment, here are the issues in science that the editors of Scientific American are focusing on for 2026

At the heart of MSU's Department of Engineering Sciences is the Ronald G. Eaglin Space Science Center (SSC). The facility houses state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories that will give you valuable hands-on learning experiences. The Space Science Center ...

NASA’s TRACERS mission begins early science measurements in Earth’s southern polar cusp, tracking magnetic reconnection and particle inflow with two spacecrafts, Space Vehicle 1 and Space Vehicle 2.

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2,

In 1993, Mike Lawson, an aerospace entrepreneur based in Roswell, Georgia, unveiled his vision for a brave new future of advertising: space billboards. This wasn’t a half-baked

Calling all budding environmentalists, space enthusiasts, and Earth-bound innovators! Science Friday is excited to offer our Down To Earth program—a free educational experience designed to ignite a curiosity for science that’ll burn brighter than a ...