On July 20, 1969—now celebrated as Moon Day—humans opened a new chapter in space exploration.

In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest flybys of a large asteroid ...

America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone ...

See the Moon as it looked on July 20, 1969. Plus, check out Comet Tempel 2 as planet Mercury stands still in the sky this ...

July 18, 1982: The High Prairie Playboys win the Peace River district fastball zone championship defeating the Fort St. John Canadians 3-2 in the final. July 18, 1984: South Peace News reports the ...

The launch, which could take place this summer, is just a beta test of the basic technology, but Reflect Orbital—which bills ...

The night sky may soon acquire a switch. A California startup plans to send an enormous, steerable mirror into orbit and use it to bounce sunlight onto selected patches of Earth after sunset. On July ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous textile works in the world, and for the first time in more than 900 years it ...

From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare giant planet outside our solar system that could help scientists better understand how ...

Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have led an international team in the discovery of a rare new planet, which is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration depicts exoplanet WD 1856 b in orbit around a dead white dwarf star. - NASA/ESA/CSA/R. Crawford (STScI) New ...