The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

This year’s rare total lunar eclipse, also known as the Blood Worm Moon, will paint the sky red between March 13 and 14.

As the countdown to the year's first total lunar eclipse begins, here's what to know about the difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse.

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon, forcing a premature end to a mission packed with rovers and NASA science.

Instead, it will serve as a major step toward permanent habitation of Earth ... on the Moon—the mission is only beginning. It will continue to operate continuously for the next two weeks ...

Athena, the private lunar lander that touched down on the moon Thursday, has been declared dead. The two moon landings this week are part of NASA’s commercial lunar delivery program meant to get ...

A growing number of companies are eyeing the moon as a source of commercial opportunities. Two private landings in under a week suggest our nearest celestial neighbor is open for business. Rapidly ...

The shadow of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander splayed across the surface of the Moon shortly after the spacecraft’s March 2 touchdown. Credit: Firefly Aerospace In terms of science return ...

is two years behind the original schedule set by the client NASA. In February 2024, Intuitive Machines became the first private space company to successfully land on the moon. At that time ...