50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today
Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of…
China planning mission to strike asteroid, alter its orbit: Report
China is moving forward with plans for an ambitious planetary defense mission aimed at testing whether a spacecraft…
Duffy pushes back against testimony that NASA is falling behind China in lunar exploration
WASHINGTON — NASA’s acting administrator said he was “angry” after a predecessor told Congress the agency was behind…
NASA releases details on revised next phase of commercial space station development
WASHINGTON — NASA expects to spend up to $1.5 billion to support at least two companies to demonstrate…
China pulled off high-orbit refuelling and may beat US to moon, ex-space officials say
China appears to have pulled off not only the first satellite-to-satellite refuelling in geosynchronous orbit, but also the…
15 States Could See Aurora Borealis Saturday Night
Topline High-speed winds from a cooler, less dense spot on the sun’s surface may continue disrupting Earth’s magnetic…
When can you see September’s full moon? See peak time, cloud forecast
Top astronomy events for September 2025 From a total lunar eclipse to Saturn shining bright all night long,…
NASA finds stardust older than the solar system in asteroid Bennu
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material (Image…
NASA Perseverance Rover Photographs Rock on Mars That Looks Like a Turtle
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has been exploring Jezero Crater on Mars since it landed on the planet on…
Earth observation firms are trying to solve a latency problem with ‘Dynamic Targeting’
For years, satellite sensors have transmitted vast quantities of imagery to the ground, where analysts then discarded views…
Webb Spots Cluster of Young Massive Stars in Lobster Nebula
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have taken a beautiful new image of the star cluster…