In the direction Sagittarius constellation, some 14,000 light years from Earth, lies the bright Sagittarius globular star cluster (aka. Messier Object 22)

At ICEP 2016, researchers from CERN presented the latest results from the LHC, which showed that there is no evidence of a new particle just yet!

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The next generation of America's human spaceships is rapidly taking shape and "making fantastic progress" at the Kennedy Space Center as Boeing and NASA showcased the start of assembly of the first flight worthy version of the aerospace giants Starliner crew taxi vehicle to the media last week. Starliner will ferry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) by early 2018.

When you think of a spaceport, what do you imagine?

The Earth's tilt is nothing compared to Uranus, which has been flipped right over on its side. What could have caused such a devastating impact to the planet to make it this way?

In a recent announcement, North Korea announced that it plans to launch more satellites in the coming years, and even mount a mission to the Moon!

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A major overhaul of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) readying it for launches of NASA's SLS Mars rocket by 2018 has reached the halfway point with installation of massive new access platforms required to enable assembly of the mammoth booster at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) - as seen firsthand during an exclusive up close facility tour by Universe Today.

A new poll has shown that opposition to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope - which was originally scheduled to be built on Mauna Kea, Hawaii - has dimished

We frequently call the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "our favorite camera" and for good reason. HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, is the largest and most powerful camera ever flown on a planetary mission, sending back incredible beautiful, high-resolution images of Mars.

An international team of scientists recently released a study that shows which of the Kepler exoplanets candidates are most like Earth

Though it is not considered as such, Mercury is actually a viable candidate for colonization - if you can get around the extreme conditions!

By examining faint radio emissions from a local supernova remnant, astronomers are learning more about how stars behave before they explode

According to a new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, life as we know it could have emerged prematurely in the Universe

In the Sagittarius Constellation, near the ecliptic of the Milky Way Galaxy, lies the faint and compact open star cluster known as Messier 21

A guide to identifying strange lights in the sky.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk's daring dream of rocket recycling and reusability is getting closer and closer to reality with each passing day. After a breathtaking series of experimental flight tests aimed at safely landing the firms spent Falcon 9 first stages on land and at sea over the past half year the bold effort achieved another major milestone by just completing the first full duration test firing of one of those landed boosters.

The SpaceX mission to Mars in 2018 will cost the company a cool $300 million, according to estimates presented at a recent NASA Advisory Council meeting

Located in the southern skies, far from the plain of the Milky Way, is the faint Caelum constellation, which represents the "chisel" that etches the heavens!

The fireball that appeared above Las Vegas earlier this week was apparently the result of a spent Chinese rocket falling back to Earth