Three Chinese astronauts are currently visiting China's Tiangong 1 space lab in orbit on the country's fifth manned mission to space. The flight, which has been going smoothly so far, officials say, is a step toward the country's long-term plan to …

Rockets that harness the power of nuclear fusion may provide the next big leap in humanity's quest to explore the final frontier, NASA's science chief says. Nuclear fusion rockets could slash travel times through deep space dramatically, potentially …

Copenhagen Suborbitals is currently in high activity mode. Active guided rocket Sapphire is soon to be launched and launch-platform Sputnik might sail tomorrow, from Copenhagen to Space Port Nexoe. Captain Sørensen is assembling his crew and making …

Infrared imagery has shown its value in many different respects: from keeping an eye on photosynthesis to lending a new perspective on a decades-long humanitarian disaster. But did you know that the future of outer space imagery also lies in infrared …

NASA is challenging the next generation of aerospace engineers to toy with ideas for the future by using LEGO bricks to launch their concepts for advanced aircraft and spacecraft. The U.S. space agency and Danish toy company, which recently ended a …

I've always had a fascination with gravitational wave detection. Gravitational waves are the stretches and contractions in space-time that result from the motion of massive objects. The waves change the apparent distance between two objects as they …