The head of the Trump administration's Golden Dome program says the technologies needed to create an ambitious space-based missile defense system are already in existence.

“Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe. Instead of basing the theory on the warping of space and time, we ...

Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time—the interwoven fabric ...

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is “fluffier” than on Earth, suggests a new study.

The Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in solar and space physics with the research community, the federal ...

Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of ...

"Our study revealed that space hurricanes can trigger significant ionospheric irregularities," researcher Zan-Yang Xing told ...

The brightest fast radio burst ever detected could help reveal what celestial source causes the mysterious signals and if ...

Humans are traveling farther into space than ever before. We look at the physics of launch – how to send something up and how it can come crashing back down.

From mysterious dark matter to the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei, the past 12 months have reiterated just how strange particle physics can be.