What can rocky planets orbiting in the outer parts of a solar system teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study | Space ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Sci-fi movies can bend the rules however they please, but they're often more compelling when they stick to the facts and present more accurate depictions of outer space. Many of the best space ...

Ask ten experts where space begins and you might get ten different answers. The atmosphere doesn’t end like a wall—it thins out gradually, so any “edge” is partly a human decision. That decision ...

Some materials used in aerospace applications such as polymers can degrade and erode with prolonged exposure to atomic oxygen, ultraviolet radiation, and extreme temperature cycling in the outer space ...

How does the solar wind get heated as it leaves the Sun and approaches Earth? This is what a recent study published in ...

A new proposal suggests borrowing the "Conference of the Parties" model from climate diplomacy to update space law before ...

By Stephen Beech Moss has survived nine months exposed to outer space. The simple plant continued to thrive in the vacuum of space during an experiment conducted on the exposure facility of the ...