Over the centuries, humans have gone from merely spotting cryptic celestial bodies to studying the details of deep-space objects and alien planets, and investigating mysterious dark matter and ...

Think you know everything about astronauts and space travel? Test your knowledge with these questions excerpted from "The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia," a volume of history-making moments, ...

How much do the stars of the highly anticipated movie "Interstellar" really know about space? Entertainment Weekly attempted to find out in a newly released video that features three of the space film ...

Everyone knows that Sputnik was launched on October 4, 1957. And that Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the moon on July 20, 1969. Or that Gene Cernan was the last person to walk on the moon. This ...

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This is an artist’s concept of the electric wind at Venus. Rays represent the paths that oxygen and hydrogen ions take as they are pulled out of the upper ...

There’s one in every crowd. You know who we’re talking about: the know-it-all parading his knowledge of the most arcane facts. Who was the first permanent female pilot for a scheduled U.S. passenger ...

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is currently living aboard the International Space Station. During his six-month stay in space, Kelly will have the opportunity to see and photograph various locations on ...

This week’s trivia takes us on a journey to the great beyond — space, the final frontier. The first week of February has historically been a busy week for space exploration. In 1979, Voyager 1 took ...

A Space Odyssey wasn’t just another sci-fi movie - it redefined what cinema could be. Released in 1968 to puzzled critics and ...