Back on December 20, 2019 – five years to the day – then President Donald J. Trump made history by creating "Space Force." A stand-alone 6th branch of our military and the first ushered in since 1947.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Wayne N White Jr consults with One Space Technologies ...

Lower gravity. Higher radiation. No ER access. These are just a few of the challenges that humans face in outer space. Emily and Regina talk to a NASA astronaut (and astronaut scientist) about the ...

James Webb Space Telescope: Breathtaking 'Face-On' Views Of 19 Spiral Galaxies The James Webb Space Telescope has captured 19 spiral galaxies "face-on" in near- and mid-infrared. The images "show ...

Full of extraordinary footage, Robert Stone's blissed-out mind-bender of a movie meditates on the possibilities of life in the universe. When I was four, my parents took me to a planetarium for the ...

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's CODEX (Coronal Diagnostic Experiment) investigation have successfully evaluated the instrument's first images, revealing the speed and temperature of material ...

Mark Lee used to think Grandad Bluff provided a good view - until he saw Earth from outer space. "I looked down and saw England," Lee recalled about his second launch out of Florida in 1992. "I ...

The planetary nebula is located 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. Amateur astrophotographer Emil Andronic has captured a striking image of the Cat's Eye Nebula from his home in ...