Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

Kevin France, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses the Habitable Worlds Observatory, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope cannot observe Earth directly. It is too bright and could damage the telescope. However, ...

At first glance, Saturn's moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth's moon and is far away ...

When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent a faint radio signal into space, they set off a world-first ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds.

NASA scientists have expressed concern after detecting an unexpected surge in solar activity, reversing decades of decline in sunspots and solar wind. The discovery suggests the Sun is entering a more ...

Enhancing Astronomy Education through an Interactive STEM Day Program. Creative Education, 16, 1328-1341. doi: ...

NASA is offering a chance for people to have their names included on a digital payload aboard the Artemis II mission, ...