NASA is targeting mid-October for the 'Return to Flight' launch of the upgraded Orbital ATK Antares rocket on a cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in nearly two years. Antares will launch for the first time in the 230 configuration powered by new Russian-built first stage engines.

The Moon occults Aldebaran tonight, crosses the Hyades star cluster and more.

Elon Musk is suggesting that SpaceX's Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) can go a lot further than Mars. What does this mean for their plans?

After days of delay caused by a technical glitch, the Russian space agency has announced that the Soyuz SM-02 mission will launch on Nov. 1st

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL- Think a Holodeck adventure on Star Trek guided by real life Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and you'll get a really good idea of what's in store for you as you explore the surface of Mars like never before in the immersive new 'Destination Mars' interactive holographic exhibit opening to the public today, Monday, Sept.19 at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Florida.

It's not just our Solar System that has a habitable zone, it turns out our entire galaxy has regions which would be hostile to the formation of life as we know it.

An amazing new view of Ceres' Ahuna Mons reveals it as a towering volcanic dome likely composed of salty mud. The Dawn spacecraft also found evidence for a scant atmosphere on the dwarf planet.

Reaching across the Great Plains - from Texas to the Canadian Prairies - is the infamous "Tornado Alley", where tornado activity is very common.

As Earth's outermost layer, the temperature of its crust varies considerably, depending on where it is measured from and various other factors.

Whether a volcano is active or dormant is complicated, as these geological features can have very long lifespans that go far beyond human reckoning.

Comets crack up regularly, but rarely do we get a front row seat to watch one disintegrate before our eyes. Thanks to Hubble, we have the sharpest photos of this catastrophic event yet.

The most stunning panoramic vistas likely ever snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover reveal spectacularly layered Martian rock formations in such exquisite detail that they look and feel just like America's desert Southwest landscapes. They were just captured a week ago and look like a scene straight out of the hugely popular science fiction movie 'The Martian' - only they are real !!

According to a recent study by a team from Ohio State University, astronomers may have witnessed the formation of a black hole for the first time