Have you read on social media about the “once in 396 billion years” planetary alignment happening on Jan. 25? Guess what? Social media is not reliable. Here’s what’s really going on — and why you ...

A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. The asteroid, named ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitors asteroid 2022 CE2, expected to safely pass Earth on January 16, 2025. The ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon . How ...

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it's necessary for life and for the ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue ...

In a thrilling close approach, the BepiColombo mission captured its final, stunning images of Mercury before its orbit ...

Kiwis are soon likely to get a direct glimpse at a passing comet that’s already been making for stunning pictures.