Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data ...

A rendering of the inner solar system shows the asteroids discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in light teal. Known asteroids are dark blue ...

The crew members of the nine Apollo missions to the Moon remain, to this day, the farthest-flung human beings in history. The Moon is, on average, 250,000 miles (400,000km) from the surface of the ...

NASA officially launched the Artemis II mission on April 1, sending a historic four-person crew to orbit the Moon for the ...

Two near-Earth asteroids, 2026 FD4 and 2026 FQ8, will safely fly past Earth on April 2, 2026. NASA and other space agencies ...

As Artemis II launch approaches, revisit these space movies filmed in Florida, including "Apollo 13" with Tom Hanks and ...

A California company is designing a spacecraft that's set to launch in April 2028 with a mission to intercept an asteroid as ...

February 2026 - SpaceX acquired Musk's artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal worth $250 billion, ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases in asteroid Ryugu samples, suggesting the key building blocks of DNA and RNA are ...

Eight launches took place from China during March, the last of which saw the much anticipated debut of CAS Space’s Lijian-2 ...

Throughout April, with observation tools, the public can witness the conjunction of planets, meteor showers, and even the ...

Historically planetary defense research has focused on deflecting asteroids by using momentum to nudge their cosmic course ...