Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...

While NASA has several reasons for pursuing such an ambitious mission, the biggest is scientific exploration and discovery.

NASA's Europa Clipper will take off on a long journey to Jupiter's moon Europa. The icy moon could potentially host alien ...

By contrast, the Orionids won’t fare as well. The American Meteor Society forecasts the Moon will be 83 percent full when the ...

The Southwest Research Institute’s new QuickSounder satellite has its ticket to space set aboard a Cedar Park company’s ...

The Draconid meteor shower will become visible across Canada shortly after sunset on Monday. Expect to see about 10 meteors per hour.

Chinese scientists have discovered a remarkable material in lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e 5 mission. This finding ...

NASA's DART mission deliberately crashed into the Dimorphos asteroid in 2022 as scientists test whether space objects can be ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper probe will spend about four years exploring whether Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, could support life.

Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it is the second part of a planetary defence test that could one day help save the planet.

The October 2024 full moon will be the second supermoon in a row. Here's why October's full moon is special and why it's ...

Look up Monday night for a chance to see the Draconid meteor shower. It’s a smaller meteor shower than some, but there is ...