The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips—and dreaming of Mars beyond.

The terrifying plunge of a JetBlue flight bound for New Jersey has revived a question that sounds like science fiction but is ...

Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, has weighed in on cosmic space rays posing a threat to air travel. Getty Images This redefined shooting star. It’s not just spacecraft ...

Life on Mars sounds like something from a "Doctor Who" episode. But a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology challenges the science fiction notion of that idea. The research ...

Mars, Europa and Enceladus are the three most promising locations in the solar system to search for life living off cosmic rays. Cosmic rays could be a vital source of energy for life on icy moons, on ...

"Cosmic rays can interact with modern microelectronics and change the state of a circuit." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

The Oct. 30 incident saw the plane rapidly lose altitude and sent at least 15 to 20 people to the hospital. Getty; Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty A space and radiation expert claims a ...

Michigan State University astrophysicists are closing in on one of space science’s biggest mysteries: where the galaxy’s most energetic particles come from. Their studies uncovered a pulsar wind ...

Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a decades-old mystery about the cosmic ray energy spectrum—which shows a sharp decrease ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...