space

The European Space Agency has released the first picture taken by its Philae probe on the surface of a comet. Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it touched down Wednesday on the comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...

Astronaut Scott Tingle spoke about exploring space at his alma mater UMass Dartmouth Wednesday. Tingle said it remains to be seen whether a space race with a country such as China is on the horizon. Tingle also said that nations should cooperate in space as a way of inspiring the entire human race...

Astronomers say the upcoming Perseid meteor showers arriving this weekend will be astonishing! However, the peak of activity will occur between Sunday, August 11 and Tuesday, August 13, between 10:30 pm and 4:30 am.

NASA has aborted a spacewalk at the International Space Station because of a dangerous water leak in an astronaut's helmet.

Saturn doesn't look all that far, because the gas planet and Earth are at close points in their orbits, and that spells for some amazing star gazing in our area over the next two weeks.

I have always loved the space program. When I was a kid I watched the Apollo missions, I did all my science projects about NASA if I could. My brother and I built models of the Gemini and Mercury capsules. I saw this video that other day and was captured by it...

Scientists are making revolutionary advancements in how they study alien planets. Recently, astronomers discovered that they could use the process of reflecting starlight in order to create composite maps of unknown worlds that would enable them to define pertinent aspects of planetary life, such as land, water and clouds.

Those of us who can see out of a window can get a pretty good view of what Sandy is bringing us. This view from space is just more proof of just how small people really are.