But the groundbreaking telescope was far from the only source of visual wonderment, because a series of new missions sent back pictures from space, and the view from Earth wasn’t bad either.

albeit not in real time, thanks to a video tweeted out by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! This batch of ...

Space may be closer than we think — perhaps even sitting on a charcuterie board. A French scientist has had to apologize for his spicy space prank after he tweeted a picture of a slice of ...

An impressive feat of modern engineering and a notable example of what can be achieved by cross-border cooperation, the International Space Station (ISS) marks its 25th year of operations this week.

Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane in orbit when he arrived at the International Space Station (ISS ... would make it easy to capture amazing Earth pictures, it can actually take a great ...

It was truly amazing ... afford in space is still one that we don’t have a great answer for. I think there is, though, some power that human beings have to process information in real time ...

That concluded his fourth trip to space — a busy 220 days at the International Space Station. Like other crew members on the space station, Mr. Pettit conducted experiments, talked with students and ...

As light travels through space, it gets stretched by the expansion of the universe. This is why many of the most distant objects shine in infrared light, which is longer in wavelength than visible ...

In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...