SPACE

In a galaxy far, far, far away, astronomers have found the oldest black hole in the universe, thought to have formed less than 500 million years after the Big Bang. 

'Apollo 13'—the dramatization of the 1970 space program crisis that kept the world on its seat—was the third highest-grossing film of 1995, and remains one of the most faithful depictions of NASA operations ever put on film.

Here’s how scientists and other credible sources pronounce the planet Uranus’s name.

The question of who has a claim to the moon and its resources is less a speculative fiction subject and more one for lawyers. Specifically, space lawyers.

Can you guess which pieces of space junk American astronauts left on the Moon?

The dwarf planet sports steep mountains, smooth young surfaces, ice dunes, and a stunning blue atmosphere.

NASA officially prohibits alcohol aboard its missions, but that didn’t stop some American astronauts from enjoying a wee nip with their Russian colleagues.

Get ready to feel small: The sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. Here are more colossal facts about our star.

Figure out which of these tasty treats have left Earth to become astronaut appetizers or meals.

Did your state make the list of state most likely to endure an extraterrestrial encounter?

If the sun were the size of a basketball, the Earth would be no larger than a pinhead.

The factory worker-turned-cosmonaut dealt with plenty of sexism while trying to keep her spacecraft on track.