NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...

Just over the horizon, though, is the next big step into “cislunar ... which will fly to within a few miles of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu, map it for several months and then get close ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from any large asteroids discovered coming our way.

A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in a blistering, dense atmosphere rather than a watery Hycean planet. Webb ...

Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years.

The Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit. Thirteen of them were equipped with Direct to Cell technology, with the goal of eliminating cellular dead zones for ...

The six passengers flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle, which since 2021 has ferried dozens of scientists, ...