However, during these early years of spaceflight, NASA engineers and astronauts cut their teeth on a variety of spaceflight firsts, flying a series of harrowing missions during which it seems a ...

The debate over the existence of extraterrestrial life touches literature, religion, and science in 17th century Europe.

Uranus's moons — what is unique about each moon and why do they orbit at a tilt?

Greetings, stargazers. Saturday is named for the prominent figure in Roman mythology. In addition to stargazing, this month should be great for Saturn-gazing. To ancient astronomers, Saturn was one ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Kepler's Hope by Year of th ...

NASA Lucy spacecraft had an epic view of the lunar eclipse on May 15-16, 2022.....from 64 million miles (100 million km) away! Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/Goddard/APL/SwRI | edited by [ ...

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected ...

Americans may have missed out on the total lunar eclipse this week the astronauts living on the International Space Station ...

The last time a blood moon was visible in Florida was on March 13, lasting six hours and bleeding into the 14.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth comes between the sun and the moon, casting a huge neighbor over our nearest neighbor ...

Sept. 22 is the autumn equinox, the officials start of astronomical fall in the northern hemisphere. Both day and night are ...

Remember: a total lunar eclipse is completely safe to view with the naked eye. However, stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse ...