Nuclear rockets are moving from Cold War concept to near-term hardware, and the shift could reshape how quickly and safely ...

SpaceX’s Starship, heralded as the world’s most powerful and largest rocket, is poised to revolutionize human space travel with its ambitious missions to the Moon and Mars. On August 27, 2025, ...

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells us why the future of space exploration matters and how she hopes to inspire the next ...

The first time you experience weightlessness in space, Tom Marshburn told me, all the noise and pressure of launch suddenly disappear. One moment, the roar of engines shakes every bone in your body; ...

Space exploration is as fickle as it is fantastic. From the highest highs to the lowest lows — from the euphoria of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, for example, to the devastation of the Space ...

Three books push back on a rising tide of optimism about space settlements. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bitter rivals in the commercial space race, but they agree on one thing: Settling space is an ...

A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists understand how humans can travel through space safely, using a Leicester-built ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

Microbes essential for human health have proven resilient against the extreme forces of space travel, offering hope for maintaining astronaut well-being on future long-duration missions. Microbes ...

A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists understand how humans can travel through space safely, using a Leicester-built ...