The Latest Breaking News on Space

With prolonged space missions on the horizon, scientists are racing to understand how microgravity affects the human body and how drugs could mitigate some of those effects.

A newly discovered star 30 times as large as the sun has a baffling chemical composition that could provoke a revision to stellar evolution models.

The Chinese commercial space firm CAS Space is making serious progress on a new reusable rocket called Kinetica-2, and is targeting a debut in 2025.

A new NASA study suggests Mars contains an ocean of water underground, sparking conversations about human settlement.

Conditions of a level-four geomagnetic storm -- on a scale of five -- were observed Monday from 1500 GMT, according to a specialized center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Human culture is wrapped up in the things we make and use. Once the ISS burns up in the upper atmosphere, the physical evidence of its spacefaring culture will just be gone.

A scathing report from NASA's Office of Inspector General has highlighted several critical issues related to the development of the next version of the agency's SLS moon rocket.

ESA scientists recall highlights of the historic Rosetta comet-chasing mission on its 10th anniversary.

SpaceX plans to make more spaceflight history late this year, by launching the first crewed mission to explore Earth's polar regions.

Axiom Space's next astronaut mission will be delayed due to the approval process required for International Space Station crews, according to NASA.

Experts estimate that the amount of groundwater could cover all of the planet to a depth of between one and two kilometres.