In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally...
The dusty surface of the moon—immortalized in images of Apollo astronauts’ lunar footprints—formed as the result of asteroid impacts and...
NASA’s new space telescope is on the verge of completing the riskiest part of its mission—unfolding and tightening a huge...
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from...
In 2022 NASA embarked on a bold experiment to see if they could change an asteroid’s velocity by smacking it...
Although it is relatively small, Enceladus—the sixth largest of Saturn’s 83 moons—has been considered by astronomers to be one of...
A large formation of granite discovered below the lunar surface likely was formed from the cooling of molten lava that...
The Martian meteorite Tissint contains a huge diversity of organic compounds, found an international team of researchers led by Technical...
NASA’s moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane at the pad and is on track for its...
Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to “crazy progress” in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said...
A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet’s watery past, and showing where we...
The Moon might be older than scientists previously thought − a new study shines light on its history
A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke,...
