As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

NASA's new Administrator, Jared Isaacman, wrapped up his visits to NASA's facilities across the country with a trip to NASA ...

As the moon makes its monthly rounds in its orbit around the Earth, it frequently has encounters with bright stars and planets, with Saturn and Mars taking center stage in the nights ahead. In many ...

Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons, and it's a fascinating celestial body. It's small, irregularly shaped, and orbiting just about 6,000 kilometers above the surface of the Red ...

In a new study featured by New Scientist, researchers propose that Mars might have once had a much larger moon than it does today, capable of creating tidal effects on the Red Planet. This hypothesis ...

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Elon Musk embraced a video praising the starship, Space X’s 120-meter reusable rocket built to carry 100-200 tons to the Moon ...

The year 2025 saw several significant space-related developments, including the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station and the return of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ...

NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...