The year’s second total lunar eclipse saw Earth’s shadow obscure this weekend’s full moon as the home planet lined up ...

The region where the gravitational influence of Earth is the dominant force, is called the Hill Sphere. This extends up to ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

It's probably no secret that NASA is planning on taking astronauts back to the Moon, but now the space agency is inviting the ...

China is going full throttle in its quest to land astronauts on the moon by 2030. That was clearly evident in an Aug. 15 ...

Experts say NASA’s plan to set up a nuclear reactor on the moon could transform lunar exploration and marks a long-awaited step toward making human presence in space sustainable ...

A European consortium, which includes the Space Robotics Laboratory at the University of Malaga, has designed an innovative ...

Changes to space policies and projects indicate an administration’s bigger goals, writes Joelle Renstrom. Which is why the ...

NASA is bringing nuclear energy to the moon. According to internal agency documents obtained by Politico in August 2025, Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy looks to place a 100-kilowatt nuclear ...

Like Uranus's other 28 moons, the newfound object spotted by JWST will be named after a William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope character.

A new moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus, thanks to a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and including ...

A new moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus, thanks to a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and including ...