Despite the fact that they're still unsure of how it works exactly, NASA scientists have confirmed once again that the seemingly impossible EmDrive is legit.

Curious if you'll be able to see tonight's aurora, caused by the solar flare that happened a few days ago? Check out our guide to pinpoint the best location

Mere seconds after leaving the launchpad today, an unmanned Orbital Sciences Antares rocket malfunctioned, exploded, and crashed back to Earth

Cryostasis, a staple of space-age science fiction for so many years, might soon become a viable reality. NASA is funding research for it

At about 11:35 PST tonight, the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe will reach the end of its four-billion-mile journey and attempt to land on a comet.

Philae had some trouble touching down on 67P's surface, and now, unless the ESA can figure out a way to move it, the mission might end sooner than expected.

On Friday, SpaceX will launch its first attempt at its ambitious new plan -- to land a Falcon 9 rocket on a self-stabilizing ocean platform. If successful, the landing has huge implications for the future of space travel

SpaceX is ready to give its ambitious rocket launch/recovery plan another try today. Launch is scheduled for 4:33 PM ET, and you can watch the whole thing live right here. We've also added a live weather forecast, so you'll know ahead of time what the conditions at Cape Canaveral are like

It hasn't even been a full month since SpaceX tried (and failed) to land one of its rockets on a floating lander pad in the Atlantic ocean -- but this weekend it's ready to give it a second shot.

As you may or may not be aware, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is in the space race as well, and earlier this week his burgeoning aerospace company Blue Origin successfully launched its first suborbital rocket.

The Pad Abort system would work like a jet pilot's ejection seat, allowing the rocket's passengers to blast themselves up and away from danger.

Earlier this week, the man formerly known as the "Science Guy" launched a Kickstarter campaign for the LightSail -- a revolutionary new spacecraft that sails across space like a boat sailing the open ocean

Back in February, Pornhub unveiled plans to get into the wearables game with a wristband that generates energy from masturbation, and now it's back with another ingenious plan -- create the world's first porno flick filmed entirely in outer space.

Earlier today, at about 1:30 PM eastern, the agency launched a high-altitude balloon carrying a craft called the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) -- a large, disc-shaped reentry vehicle designed to create atmospheric drag in order to decelerate during entry through a planet's atmosphere.

As part of a recently-established partnership with Kickstarter, the Smithsonian has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to help conserve Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit -- the one he wore during the first ever moon walk, which happened exactly 46 years ago today -- and showcase it at the National Air and Space Museum.

The asteroid known as 2011 UW158 happens to contain somewhere around $5.4 trillion dollars worth of platinum, give or take a few billion.

Building a DIY telescope is one thing, but building a professional-grade telescope that can robotically track celestial objects is entirely another. London's Open Space Agency has developed a downloadable telescope that can be generated by a 3D printer.

Ever wondered how Planetary Resources --the world's foremost asteroid mining organization-- decides what space rocks to chase after? Hit the jump to find out!

"The Startup NASA initiative leverages the results of our cutting-edge research and development so entrepreneurs can take that research -- and some risks -- to create new products and new services," explained David Miller, NASA's chief technologist.

After the rocket's payload is delivered, Elon Musk and company will try yet again to recover the first stage of the Falcon 9. If they can stick the landing, it’ll be a watershed moment for space travel.

You know Planetary Resources? The company that wants to mine asteroids? Well, they brought something incredible with them to CES.

We discuss Scott Kelly's return to Earth after 340 days in space, supersonic planes that don't make sonic booms, and monkeys that can drive wheelchairs with nothing but a thought.

Electric forks can trick your tongue into tasting salt, pig-to-human heart transplants could be the answer to the worlds organ donor shortage, and how scientists plan to hide Earth from prying alien eyes.

Despite suffering a few minor delays caused by weather, the launch went almost perfectly. After safely delivering its payload, the rocket's first two boosters landed safely back on Earth. The fate of the third is still unclear.

Less than two weeks have passed since SpaceX's last rocket launch, but today the company will attempt to break free from the shackles of gravity and reach orbit once again, launching yet another Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Thanks to Google, you can now get your hands on a fully functional cardboard VR headset for around 20 bucks. That's pretty cheap -- but what you might not realize is that you can build a DIY version for even cheaper.

Tackling a do-it-yourself project over the summer? Here are the best home improvement apps for iOS and Android to enhance your work.

Ready or not, summer's coming to a close and it's time to start thinking about the gear you'll need to win this school year. Here are our top picks.

Not sure what fireplace video to put on your TV? I watched over half a dozen of them and took extremely critical notes on every single one. You're welcome.

Your local hardware store harbors tons of little tools, materials, and parts that most people have no idea exist, but are ridiculously useful to have in your tool shed, so we went ahead and rounded up a few of our favorites to put together this list.

To give you a better sense of what temperature you're cooking at, Samsung's latest induction cooktop uses an array of blue LEDs to project fake flames

Got an old Android phone or tablet lying around? Dormi will turn it into an effective baby monitor.

With the help of a specially-engineered soil material and some low-power LEDs, Click & Grow's smart herb garden is almost completely autonomous.

With a little bit of technological aid, regular household plants can become powerful air filters - which is exactly what the Andrea Air Filter does.

It's certainly not the first gizmo designed to help you lucid dream, but the accelerometer/headphones approach has the potential to be far more effective than anything we've seen before

Digital Trends has compiled a list of drones, portable chargers, virtual reality headsets and more to showcase the best tech under $20.

We review the Embr Wave, a personal heating and cooling wearable designed by a team of MIT engineers that’s now on Kickstarter.

Now that grilling season is almost upon us, we took some time to round up the best BBQ tech gadgets to help you conquer your next cookout