NASA has announced it wants to buy Moon rocks from private companies in a bid to kick start lunar mining operations.  The ...

The study looks at how bacteria behave in microgravity and tests silver-based disinfectants that could protect astronauts and ...

NASA on Monday introduced the 10 people who will join the agency’s astronaut corps as it races to return humans to the moon.

Saturn's small icy moons, Enceladus, measuring only about 300 miles (500 kilometers) across, have become a focal point for scientists to hunt for life beyond Earth. Despite its small size, it releases ...

Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it ...

Experts speculate a new Phobos mission could launch by 2030, leveraging advancements in propulsion and AI for safer trajectories.

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

A few sunlit ridges beside ice-rich craters could become lunar chokepoints, unless Asia writes simple, shared rules now.

China’s space program is advancing at a speed that could see it surpass the United States in the next five to ten years, according to a new report titled Redshift, published by the Commercial Space ...

In 2005, ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, revealing the atmosphere, landscapes, and chemistry of Saturn's moon.

Material collected from an asteroid via spacecraft closely matches the heavier elements of the sun, providing scientists with ...