Leonard David

The internet is abuzz with rumors that China may have picked up signals from an alien civilization. But the pings are probably just Earthly interference, experts say.

Mars astronauts could get a lot of science work done in 30 days on the Red Planet, even if they have to spend most of their time working to stay alive and stay healthy.

The three Shenzhou-14 astronauts — commander Chen Dong and Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe — are settling in for a lengthy stay aboard China's Tiangong space station.

A high-tech pioneer for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station is being readied for liftoff early next year.

NASA's plan to "reboot" human exploration of the moon will get kick-started soon by a spacecraft the size of a microwave oven.

Early next month, Rocket Lab is slated to launch a pathfinding cubesat mission that supports NASA's Artemis return-to-the moon program.

Boeing's Starliner capsule is scheduled to return to Earth on Wednesday (May 25), and teams on the ground have been gearing to welcome the spacecraft home.

Tuesday's (May 17) event was the first open congressional hearing about UFOs in more than 50 years.

The U.S. Congress will hold a public hearing tomorrow (May 17) on reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) skirting through our skies, and you can watch it live.

Hauling to Earth samples of Mars that might contain Red Planet life is deemed a low risk affair in terms of ecological and public safety — but that risk is not zero.

Iceland is an increasingly popular testing zone for spacesuits, habitats and off-world vehicles.

Multiple research teams are developing missions designed to address Venus' potential as an abode for life.

The European Space Agency Council will meet this week in Paris for its 306th session. On the agenda: "Implications of the current geopolitical situation on ESA's activities."

Is dumping space junk over the South Pacific a good idea? Or can we do better?

A wayward rocket stage is poised to bombard the moon on Friday (March 4), and the coming impact has earned some scientific attention.

Space.com reached out to noted experts in the asteroid impact field to gauge similarities between an undersea belch and Earth taking an asteroid punch in the oceans.

A new petition calls for the United States government to release to the public all unclassified videos of unidentified flying objects (UFOS).

There's an ongoing saga regarding the object that will smash into the moon's far side on March 4.

A newly established group called the Moon Farside Protection Permanent Committee has begun framing issues and solutions to guard against RFI corruption of the moon's far side.

Russia is ready to reactivate its moon exploration agenda, a former Soviet Union enterprise that ended decades ago, with the launch of the Luna 25 mission this summer.

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to slam into the moon in exactly one month.

UAP will get more attention from both the scientific community and the federal government in 2022, experts told Space.com.

A unique archaeological study of crew culture within the International Space Station will focus on the orbiting habitat as a "microsociety in a miniworld."

The founder of Space for Humanity reflects on his Dec. 11 suborbital flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft.