An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...

China’s "artificial sun" EAST fusion reactor smashed the previous record for sustained plasma, advancing nuclear fusion ...

NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), pronounced “Laddie,” was a 2013 robotic mission that was ...

The moon guides other forms of coordinated animal activity, including the synchronized spawning of coral on the Great Barrier ...

A pair of spacecraft developed by private firms blast off on a single rocket on the risky voyage to the lunar surface.

In a monumental step forward for private lunar exploration, SpaceX has successfully launched two groundbreaking moon ...

The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there ...

A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created was launched into space this week and, if all goes according to plan, put on the surface of the ...

Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...

Early on Tuesday morning (Jan. 15), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent Blue Ghost and Resilience — lunar landers built by Firefly ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking ...