The astronaut candidates will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and beyond ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

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

Astronomers have discovered landslides on the Moon triggered by geological activity under the lunar surface. A team from ...

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

It will not only help future lunar settlers be self-sufficient but will help provide raw materials for space-based manufacturing facilities.

A new moon is when the moon shares the same celestial longitude as the sun; the two bodies are said to be in conjunction.

Scientists are closely monitoring Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object. Discovered in July 2025, it's moving at record ...

NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.

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 ...

In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the discovery ...