Did you know nearly 17,500 satellites have been launched since 1957? Or what about the fact that more than 10% of those ...

The mission's goal is to find water on the Moon, which could open the door for a sustained human presence there.

NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...

If we can't get along on Earth, how will we ever get along in space, right? Experts told DW there are reasons to be ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward.

A UN Working Group released draft principles for governing space resource activities, primarily focusing on lunar mining, aiming to reconcile the 1967 Outer Space Treaty's principles of free access ...

This week, Russia is expected to launch its Bion-M No.2 biosatellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying 75 mice and 1,500 fruit flies. Laika's cramped, stressful conditions and ...

Researchers are working on a swarm of RoboBalls to send to other planets. The spherical robots would be deployed to map alien landscapes by rolling around challenging terrain. The concept was first ...