New Frontiers In Space

In 2018, NASA will launch a solar probe that will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft before. But why? What are they looking for?

Most images of spacecraft are set in space, so it can be hard to guess their size. We did some digging and the answers might surprise you.

Space is an incredibly dangerous place. Between the explosions during launches, reentries and transit, how many people have died in space? It's probably less than you think.

The light from KIC 8462852 faded again, and scientists have some new theories about what's behind astronomy's most mysterious star.

Researchers say our galaxy is located within an enormous cosmic void, and it's changing the way we understand the universe.

If we don't clean up space debris, it could become impossible to leave Earth's atmosphere. Luckily, scientists have a plan. Well, lots of plans.

Saturn's rings are iconic and instantly recognizable, but what exactly are they and how did they form in the first place?

The Milky Way is on a crash course with the Andromeda galaxy, but what would a galactic collision actually look like?

Scientists have just discovered the existence of two new black holes, and they're changing our understanding of the universe.

Rarely-seen stellar streams show us that many stars in our galaxy actually came from smaller, neighboring galaxies.