Space

The Aurora Borealis has a down under sibling, the Aurora Australis.

To put this in context, every single orbital, cargo-bearing rocket used before the founding of SpaceX—except for those that blew up on the launch pad or otherwise went horribly wrong—was dropped into the ocean after launch.

Helping you clean up small messes since 1981, among other things.

Almost every topographical feature on the second planet is named for a famous woman from mythology or history.

What's it really like to work in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center?

If you're in the southern parts of South America or Africa tomorrow, February 26, the show starts at 7:10 a.m. ET.

He was a self-taught astronomer who had not yet attended college.

2. It once had an imaginary friend called Vulcan.

J. Russel and Sons via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

The essay is pure Churchill: expansive, informed, philosophical, and just a little bit cranky.

Fear ye not, stargazer.

Some seriously stellar discoveries have been made by at-home stargazers.

In 1972, geologist Harrison Schmitt became the only professional scientist to ever put boots on the Moon. And then he began sneezing.

The next day, Alan Shepard swung his smuggled six-iron.

The crew posing for their official portrait on November 15, 1985.

When the Space Shuttle 'Challenger' disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986, there were seven astronauts on board whose lives were tragically cut short.

ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

Imagine a galactic-scale laser shooting a beam of microwaves across space.

In 2005, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe became the first spacecraft to land on an object in the outer solar system.

Get your telescope.

New research suggests the Moon we see today was once comprised of baby “moonlets.”

It's been a big year.

It's the time of the year when a mysterious visitor showers all the world with wonder and joy. That's right: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon is coming to town.