CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - A U.S. Air Force satellite that will provide vital early warnings on incoming enemy missiles that are critical to the defense of our homeland is set for a spectacular nighttime blastoff on Thursday Jan. 19 from the Florida Space Coast. Update: Launch reset to Jan 20 at 7:42 pm EST

In 1859, the Sun gave off the most powerful solar flare on record. A blast of radiation and particles so strong it fried electrical wires and set telegraph towers on fire. What would happen if a solar storm of this magnitude happened today? It would be a very bad day indeed.

Max Planck was one of the most renowned physicists of his time, and is considered one of the greatest minds in the history of science.

A new study from a team of researchers from the University of Arkansas shows that certain types of microorganisms could survive on Mars, helping to narrow the search for life there.

Located in the direction of the Andromeda Constellation is the dwarf elliptical galaxy known as "Le Gentil" (or Messier 32), which is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy.

NASA's Curiosity Rover is turning into an able meteorite hunter with a shiny new find just this past week.

Recently declassified footage shows a possible UFO that was spotted in the skies above Chile two years ago. However, a possible explanation has since been given for this strange event.

The stakes could almost not be higher for SpaceX as the firm readies their twice failed Falcon 9 rocket for a blastoff resumption on Saturday morning, Jan. 14 carrying the vanguard of the commercial Iridium NEXT satellite fleet to orbit from their California rocket base.

Located in the ecliptic plane of the galaxy, where it is bordered by other "watery" asterisms, is the ancient constellation Capricornus, the "Sea Goat".

According to a new study from UCLA which conducted uranium-lead dating on Moon rocks, the Moon is older than previously thought.

A new study produced by astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows how some of the most distant stars in the Milky Way were actually stolen from a neighboring galaxy.

The European Southern Observatory and Breakthrough Initiatives have come together for purpose of finding habitable planets beyond Earth.

A new study by a team of researchers from Columbia University and Berkeley proposes the most plausible explanation yet for Tabby's Star.