An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...
The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - ...
Ambitious plans for lunar bases and Martian habitats present unique challenges, especially in coordinating time across ...
The scenario in which space debris collides and creates more debris is called Kessler Syndrome, named after the NASA scientist Donald Kessler.
Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.
The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back three images of Mercury after a brief flyby of the planet on Jan. 8, 2025.
With the nearly full moon shining overhead, two companies, one American and the other headquartered in Japan, launched privately developed robotic lunar landers early Wednesday, sharing a sky-lighting ...
On Monday, Mars will look reddish and bright as the moon passes in front of it, obscuring the planet for over an hour in some areas. "An occultation is when one celestial object passes directly ...
Our moon goes through phases, sometimes turning red or disappearing into shadows. Here's what you need to know about the full moon. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...
On December 30, 2024, a metallic ring believed to be part of a rocket launch vehicle crashed in Mukuku village, Kenya. The 2.5-meter, 500-kilogram object likely separated shortly after launch.