The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work...
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with a familiar goal: Save humanity...
“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth...
Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of...
As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at...
Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites,...
In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring...
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13,...
There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope,...
When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something...
