Collecting regolith samples with a blast of gas NASA is sending a "vacuum cleaner" to the Moon as a payload on next week's ...

As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

On Monday January 13th, SpaceX, in keeping with its valiant efforts, is set to launch its Starship vehicle for the seventh time on a test flight in low Earth orbit. The mission will carry ten Starlink ...

Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.

Traveling 1.8 billion miles to reach Jupiter’s Europa moon by 2030, NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft carries an array of ...

Skies over South Carolina kick off 2025 with a planet parade, ancient comet and the muse of "Beyond Antares," a 23rd-century love song from "Star Trek" fame.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology played a vital role in the moon landing and beyond, as did a Bay State-based ...

During its recent mini-moon stint, scientists studied the 2024 PT5 from Earth. Based on the cosmic object's composition and ...

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will fly a 60-day mission to deliver a suite of NASA science equipment to the ...