“Open Space,” by David Ariosto, suggests there are few limits on human ingenuity that could prevent us from colonizing the cosmos. By Adam Becker Adam Becker is the author, most recently, of “More ...

As David Ariosto relates in “Open Space,” these satellites are vulnerable to errant space debris. More than 10 million salt-grain-size pieces are currently in orbit. Because they travel at 17,500 ...

The Open Space Institute on Tuesday announced it has purchased 175 acres of marsh and forest land, including wetland areas, along state Route 299 in the towns of New Paltz and Gardiner. The property, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- One of San Jose's last open spaces was at risk of shrinking due to a large new power project aimed at keeping the city's energy reliable. That changed after the California ...

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Open Space: From Earth to Eternity—the Global Race to Explore and Conquer the Cosmos, by David Ariosto, Knopf, 384 pages, $35 Two years ago, a Houston-based company you probably haven't heard of ...

Learn how innovative projects reclaim neglected under-flyover spaces, enhancing public life and redefining urban experiences.

On Wednesday, four astronauts are scheduled to launch on a trip around the moon — the first such mission in more than 50 years. Images show NASA's long road to this point. For the first time in more ...

Brilliant morning sunshine accentuated SpaceX's latest Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX's Starlink 10-62 mission — which lifted off at 10:47 a.m. Sunday, March 22 — ...

Like tiny photobombers, cosmic anomalies resembling small, bright red points show up in almost every snapshot taken by the most powerful space telescope ever made. Astronomers now call them little red ...

Never-before-seen photos of late astronaut Neil Armstrong’s return to Earth after one of NASA’s closest calls 60 years ago are now available to the public. The photos of Armstrong, who died in 2012, ...

The combined observations in visible and infrared light reveal new details about the planet's atmosphere and rings. Hubble's images help track seasonal changes, while Webb's infrared vision probes ...