Astronaut Mike Massimino answers the internet's burning questions about the far reaches of space. How do astronauts get leverage when screwing things in? After a long space flight, where does the poo ...

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and imagined yourself zooming past stars as if you were an astronaut? If so, you’re definitely not alone. No matter how old you are, outer space is a place ...

Left: Cabana (left) and Krikalev (right) about to open the hatch to enter Zarya for the first time. Right: The STS-88 crew pose in the Unity hatch leading to Zarya. (Image: NASA) Read full article: ...

Today (Dec. 17), a special episode of Space Chat will cover all things James Webb Space Telescope! Every Friday at 1 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), Space.com senior writer Chelsea Gohd explores what's new in ...

On Monday, the International Space Station (ISS) marked 25 years since the first module was launched into space. The Zarya module arrived in low-Earth orbit in November 1998 and was joined by the ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

Astrophysicist Joe Pesce is making his return to the Space.com forums after last year’s popular AMAs. He returns to answer even more of your questions, with an additional twist: this time around, ...

Every week, the readers of our space newsletter, The Airlock, send in their questions for space reporter Neel V. Patel to answer. This week: time dilation during space travel. I heard that time ...

Left: Cabana (left) and Krikalev (right) about to open the hatch to enter Zarya for the first time. Right: The STS-88 crew pose in the Unity hatch leading to Zarya. (Image: NASA) Read full article: ...

THERE are two questions that I somewhat dread when communicating science to the public. And, unfortunately, they are rather common, because they are interesting to everyone, myself included. The first ...