Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science

Q: When is a planet not a planet? Scientists have argued for years over the answer to thi...

Endorsed by authors, teachers, scientists and Congressmen, Mike Mongo's Astronaut In...

Love is everywhere, even in the fartherst reaches of the Solar System. On NASA's first-ev...

ELON MUSK DAILY NEWS SPACE FORCE & SPACEX BLAST OFF INTO THE FUTURE Welcome to our top st...

The first human spaceflight on 12th April 1961 shocked the West and made cosmonaut Yuri G...

At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smalle...

In this second installment of the Epic Fails series, explore the many failures that made ...

The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-wi...

Did you know that astronauts work on Earth and in space to study places beyond our planet...

Black holes are one of the greatest mysteries of outer space. No visible light can escape...

Did you know that companies and governments send more than one hundred satellites into sp...

Have you ever dreamed of walking on Mars? Or maybe even living there? Ever since Mars was...

Did you know that Pluto has mountains, glaciers, and even blue skies? In July 2015 a spac...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go into outer space? Soon you might be ab...

Do you know which astronaut played golf on the moon? Ever wondered how much a space suit ...

Photos taken by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station on his ye...

Highlights presents Driving on Mars by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. Bot Spot installment. The robo...

Highlights's science editors answer kids' questions about space, such as Why Is the Sun S...

Highlights's science editors answer kids' questions about space, such as Why Do Astronaut...

Highlights's science editors answer kids' questions about space, such as Which Planet Cir...

Highlights presents When Stars Explode by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. Too much energy within a st...

In preparation for a trip to Mars, scientists are already studying how crews of workers d...

Astronauts have many things that they have to wear in space!

Information about Saturn's rings and a theory about how they formed.

What questions do you have about what you see in the image of Earth that was made from da...

Highlights presents Ring Around the Asteroid by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. Astronomer Jim Scotti...

Highlights presents Next Stop, Pluto! by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. This article contains inform...

Gives information about a snowball fight with giant dirty snowballs that happened million...

Highlights presents Any More Earths Out There? written by Vicki Oransky Wittenstein. Astr...

Highlights presents Stars That Aren't Round by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. There is so much to kn...

Highlights presents Our Sun's a Super Star by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. This science article ar...

Highlights presents Flying Galaxies by Ken Croswell. New evidence that two of the satelli...

Highlights presents A New Spin on a Space Horse written by Ken Croswell, Ph.D., a science...

Highlights presents Robot on the Ice by Kimberly Shillcutt Tyree, Ph.D. Follow "Nomad" as...

Astronaut Gregory Chamitoff e-mailed answers to kids' questions—while he was on the...

On December 24 1968 the crew of Apollo 8 gave an unforgettable present to the people of E...

In elementary school Neil deGrasse Tyson directed his excess energy into studying about h...

Is it possible to see "friction" under a microscope?

A lot of debris from space vehicles is cluttering outer space. What can we do about it?

Astronauts who broke the barriers of tradition, prejudice, and discrimination to achieve ...

Ellen Ochoa studied math and physics and became an astronaut. This was an unusual career ...

Highlights presents Blast Off! written by Peter McDonnell. Astronaut Mae Jemison was the ...

Highlights presents Beyond Earth written by Stephen Dawson. People have long been fascina...

The historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon is recounted for the very young in this richly...

It was an Earth satellite that started the space race between Russia and the United State...

The Hubble Space Telescope is a lens for discovering the hidden secrets of outer space. T...

The largest space machine to ever orbit Earth is the International Space Station. It is e...

Did you know that more than 70 probes have been sent to the moon in the past 50 years? Th...

Explorers of the fourth planet from the sun, Mars rovers collect rock and soil samples wi...

Robonauts have been built to be substitutes for astronauts. They are made to look and mov...