Japan's space agency, JAXA, has been knocking it out of the park with small-body exploration missions for decades. They had ...

Somewhere beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt is bent. Not by much, and not in a way any known planet can account for. A study ...

It is part of Derrick H. Pitts’ nature that he can vividly recall the sky conditions over this village when he visited St. Lawrence University in the mid-1970s as a soon-to-be student “I had ...

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other ...

The Moon has become strategically and scientifically invaluable. It is emerging as a pristine, fiscally viable scientific ...

Scientists in Japan have developed a high-resolution X-ray telescope sharp enough to distinguish an object just 3.5 mm wide ...

The moon's orientation changes quite dramatically across time and between places, largely due to differences in perspective.

Astronauts aboard Artemis II have returned safely after a record-breaking trip around the Moon, proving NASA’s next-generation spacecraft is ready for deep space. The mission marks a major step toward ...

A Mexican court has ruled that the 2018 Cuba plane crash that killed 112 people was caused by severe maintenance failures.

A spacecraft that spins to create its own gravity. A closed ecosystem where 1,000 people grow their own food and recycle ...