China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

"The underground volcanic lava pipes by the Jingbo Lake are the most similar environment on Earth to the underground space of ...

China's first asteroid sample-return mission, the 2nd in the Tianwen series, will reach Kamo'oalewa in July 2026. The probe will map the asteroid, collect samples, and carry them back to Earth in a ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

A rare and stunning astronomical event is set to occur on the nights of September 7 and 8, 2025. A total lunar eclipse, also ...

The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar ...

Scientists find a way to turn moon regolith into water, air, and fuel…and that could change space travel. In a significant ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...

Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth.

"Goodbye Earth, hello moon," Firefly said in an update on its mission blog the day before it planned to leave Earth behind and enter the lunar orbit.. As of Monday, the Blue Ghost spacecraft had ...