Space

The Geminid meteor shower may have started earlier this month, but it is soon expected to reach its peak, and when it does, it could be one of the best shows in years.

The Geminid meteor shower may have started earlier this month, but it is soon expected to reach its peak, and when it does, it could be one of the best shows in years.

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

Tens of millions in the Americas are getting front-row seats for a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun.

The photos show Pan, the innermost of Saturn’s known moons.

“There was a straight line of lights that appeared in the sky…they were moving slow and suddenly one by one disappeared. Definitely a phenomenon I never seen anything like this before,” one viewer wrote to NBC Chicago from Indiana.

Did you see a string of lights in the sky over the long holiday weekend? You weren’t alone.

Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday.

People across India had crowded around televisions in offices, shops, and restaurants on Wednesday and erupted into clapping, dancing, and exchanging of sweets when they saw the lander’s smooth touchdown.

India’s space program landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday, an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements.

Russia reported an “abnormal situation” Saturday on its moon-bound Luna-25 spacecraft, which launched earlier this month.

The balloon came equipped with a GoPro camera to record the journey, as well as some snacks — but not for eating on the way.

The children from the Taft Houses NYCHA complex sent a balloon into the atmosphere and caught the whole journey on GoPro video.

 A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft has blasted off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft.

Every year on August 8, an astrological event called the Lion’s Gate Portal “opens” in the sky.

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft is back in contact again, after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence.

After three retired military officials testified to Congress about their experience with UFOs, professional paranormal researcher Derrel Sims explains why we should all take note.

Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star.

Authorities believe that a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on a remote Australian beach could be space junk from a foreign rocket.