Space Exploration

How a jaw-dropping experience like this one can change the rest of your life.

If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.

A new study produced the ideal "space salad" for long-term astronauts, and it's surprisingly delicious.

From everlasting lightning storms to magnificent bioluminescence, these classic episodes will delight and intrigue you.

From mysterious explosions to a squirrel monkey in space, these classic episodes will delight and intrigue you.

From carriage racing to winter surfing to mashed potato wrestling, these competitions captured our imaginations in 2023.

From Mary Roach’s hilarious look at space travel to astronaut Scott Kelly’s photos documenting a year off planet.

Inside the race to map, explore, own, and even spend eternity on the lunar surface.

Experts say it’s likely space junk—and there’s plenty more where that came from.

The race to provide astronauts with fresh bread and 3-D printed steaks can also help food scarcity on Earth.

Launched in 1977 and now nearly 15 billion miles from the Sun, Voyager 1 continues its journey at 38,000 miles per hour.