A great kids movie is a beautiful and rare thing. As a father of three, I’ve suffered through enough bad kids entertainment to be enormously thankful for filmmakers who take the same kind of ...

The universe is a vast and awe-inspiring expanse, darkly mysterious, yet it draws us in like a cosmic pull we can’t resist. As space exploration today becomes more and more mainstream, with new ...

He was also partly responsible for the expected nomination of private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become the next administrator of NASA. Although Musk is not directing US space policy, he ...

Some of our more seasoned readers may remember SilverHawks, a classic cartoon series that launched ... for 65 episodes and followed a team of outer space heroes as they tried to bring escaped ...

New space missions will aim to measure Earth's biomass from space, return stranded astronauts to Earth and prepare for landing humans on the moon. DW explains what's in store for 2025. Suni ...

One of those private-sector misfires left two veteran astronauts aboard the International Space Station without a viable ride back to Earth. The expected 10-day debut crewed mission of Boeing's ...

Each orbit takes roughly 90 minutes to complete. Sunita Williams, who started for the space station in June in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft along with astronaut Barry Wilmore, and initially expected ...

These extraordinary achievements, coupled with rapid advancements in AI, prompt a compelling question: do we even need human astronauts for future space exploration? Some leading scientists who ...

"For serious space exploration, I much prefer robotics," he says. "[They] go much further and do more things." US astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the Moon in 1969 They are also ...

From moon missions to multiple meteor showers, outer space ... return of stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. The two have been stuck on the International Space Station following ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams face further delays in returning home after their mission on a Starliner failed - Chris O'Meara/AP The two Nasa astronauts who have been grounded in space for more ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched into outer space by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which is the official space agency of the United States. Google Doodle on ...