Anyone who has taken a flight to the other side of the planet has realized that our pale blue dot is only small in cosmic terms. For human needs, the globe is big, and even the fastest flying machine takes a long time.

The world was watching the skies as Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere after 53 years

After soaring skyward along a southeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing ... Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before ...

Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane. Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world's largest airplane. Twice in the last five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean,

Katy Perry, the pop star whose lengthy catalogue includes a few songs that reference aliens and shooting across the sky. Perry told Elle earlier this month that her tailor-made space playlist — titled "the Space Sistas" — includes Nicki Minaj's "Starships," "Starman" by David Bowie, "Around the World" by Daft Punk and her own "E.T."