A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within one-third of the Earth-moon ... looping orbit around the sun.

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for to two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

Asteroid 2003 MH4, a large space rock, will make a close approach to Earth on May 24, 2025. While not an immediate threat, ...

In a matter of days, SpaceX could launch massive Starship once again. What happened on previous 8 flight tests? What is the viral chopsticks maneuver?

JWST uncovers unexpected behavior in polar lights on Jupiter, while a Mars rover captures the first image of an aurora.

One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents ...

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The Polarimeter to ... Within this halo floats the new Moon, fully illuminated by ...

This marks the first time that Chinese scientists have obtained a complete X-ray image of the moon using a self-developed space telescope. X-ray fluorescence radiation generated by lunar elements ...

On Tuesday (May 20), the Seattle-based startup unveiled the outline of the groundbreaking flight, which is called Otter Pup 2 ...

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, will pass by Earth on May 24. It is about the size of the Eiffel Tower. The asteroid will travel ...

Members of the space exploration community are always coming up with novel ideas to solve problems that they view as holding ...