- Lagoon Nebula (M8) is an emission nebula in Sagittarius.

Astronauts still grip objects as if gravity exists, even after months in space, revealing how slowly the brain adapts to ...

Astronomers have recently been taken aback by the discovery of an object in space that seems to be defying the common laws of celestial movement by orbiting backwards. This surprising discovery, which ...

On Earth, people grip objects to ensure they don't fall. In space, this process changes: When astronauts hold an object ...

Examining the fine motor skills of space travelers can help improve safety for future missions, scientists say ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have long know many objects floating at the solar system's out edges resemble snowmen, but the reasons why were never ...

Why do astronauts squeeze objects too hard? A new study explains how the brain's internal gravity model persists in space, ...

This image was taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on Jan. 1, 2019 during a flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, informally known as Ultima Thule. It is the clearest view yet of this remarkable, ...

Jackson Barnes, a graduate student at Michigan State University, created a simulation that reproduces the objects "naturally with gravitational collapse" Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at ...