Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Four private astronauts lifted off from Florida on Monday on the Fram2 mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole.

The extension with lift and foyer completes the south side of the Document Kepler in Regensburg and provides barrier-free ...

The private Fram2 mission lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Derek Falvey sat in a conference room at Target Field last September, on the final day of the regular ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — For more than half his life, the Minnesota Twins organization was all Max Kepler knew. The Twins took a ...