The asteroid named 2026 JH2 will pass by our planet within the orbit of the moon.

A piece of space debris, a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, is speeding toward the Moon and will crash into it. Astronomers ...

China says two previously unknown lunar minerals have been identified in samples returned by the Chang’e 5 mission, and the ...

The asteroid, named 2026 JH2, was first detected on May 10 by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona, one of the major ...

When you think of outer space, you're likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust—known as interstellar clouds.

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs ...

Although the mission's four astronauts sent a few photos to Earth while in space, most needed to be delivered via physical ...

Even in the worst areas of light pollution, you can’t miss Venus. After hiding out in the morning sky most of the last half of 2025, it has finally entered the Western evening sky and will continue ...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, is also the solar system's largest satellite, even larger than the planet Mercury. It is ...

A bus-sized asteroid named 2026 JA1 will safely pass Earth on May 13, 2026, at a distance of about 605,000 miles. NASA ...

That’s how long since humans first entered space, and it’s only a few years shy of 60 since the first moon landing. Here we ...

Dante's description of the fall of Lucifer to Earth from heaven seems to sport many of the hallmarks of an impact, forming a ...