As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS exited the Solar System, it created one more burst of excitement by passing just outside Jupiter’s Hill radius. On the other hand, we sometimes hear about another ...

The crew members of the nine Apollo missions to the Moon remain, to this day, the farthest-flung human beings in history. The Moon is, on average, 250,000 miles (400,000km) from the surface of the ...

For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028.

For the first time in more than 50 years astronauts will be sent around the moon and back.

If these new age estimates of the comet are true, they would suggest 3I/ATLAS was born within a few billion years of the ...

Here's a thought experiment. Imagine looking at Earth from a distant star system, armed with a powerful telescope capable of ...

A NASA satellite’s camera captured the far side of the Moon as it passed in front of Earth. Credit: NASA/NOAA. Curiosity draws us to the cosmos, and as a planetary scientist, I ...

NASA advises looking toward the eastern sky before sunrise, particularly in mid to late April, when the comet will pass ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, the first crewed mission toward the moon in over 50 years. The mission is scheduled to launch on April 1 from ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send a crew of four astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Here's everything to know.

Asteroids on a Close Flyby On March 30, 2026, space enthusiasts and scientists alike will keep a keen eye on the skies as two sizable asteroids make their way past Earth. NASA has confirmed that ...

Spread the loveAs spring unfolds across the northern hemisphere, stargazers can look forward to the re-emergence of one of the most brilliant stars in our night sky: Vega. This luminous beacon in the ...