China has launched three astronauts into space to replace the crew on the Chinese Tiangong space station, marking a further ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge techniques to track water ice on the Moon—an essential resource for future space missions.

Look to the eastern sky late Thursday, and a clear horizon will show you this unusual, grinning planet alignment.

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

New research using moon rocks from the Apollo missions has revealed hidden dangers facing future astronauts. The study, ...

Titan’s coastlines lack river deltas, surprising scientists and raising questions about its active surface processes.

New research finds that despite large rivers and seas of liquid methane, Saturn's moon Titan seems mostly devoid of river deltas, raising new questions about the surface dynamics on this alien world.

Craters of the Moon National Monument is one of six National Park sites in Idaho. And now, the main loop through one of Idaho ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

By January 2025, the asteroid’s orbit had been refined, and the possibility of an Earth impact was nearly ruled out. Still, a small chance remained that it could strike the Moon instead.