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Ordinary telecoms grade optical fiber could help planetary scientists better characterize the moons deep interior as well as its lava tubes, say two new journal papers.

Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASAs Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASAs SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B...

NASA launched its Artemis 2 mission today (April 1), sending astronauts toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years is underway with an April 1 launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon. The post Artemis 2 launches on first human mission to the moon in more t...

The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and also the most difficult for spacecraft to visit and explore. This is because as spacecraft get closer to Mercury, the sun's enormous gravity pulls in the space...

SpaceX has taken a key step toward going public after confidentially filing for a potentially record-breaking initial public offering, according to multiple reports citing people familiar with the matter, in what space l...

It started with an Instagram message, and ended on the silver screen.

Venus and Jupiter dominate April's evening sky, while Mercury, Mars and Saturn linger in the dawn - here's how and when to spot them all.

Astronomers have discovered that a giant planet, WASP-189b, echoes the composition of its host star, providing the first direct evidence of a foundational concept in astrobiology. This discovery was achieved through the ...

An international team led by Monash University has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, helping to shed light on one of the most cataclysmic events in the universe. At the end of their lives, most massive...

Artemis II, NASA's first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, represents a shift from short visits toward sustained exploration, where understanding lunar geology and resources becomes as important as th...

Here's what's on the experiment roster for the Artemis 2 moon mission.

The Artemis 2 mission will send humans to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years on a mission lasting almost 10 days. The post Artemis 2s (nearly) 10-day flight around the moon appeared first o...

Here's where you need to be to see the Artemis 2 moon rocket launch with your own eyes.

Space Force personnel supporting operations under U.S. Central Command are positioned in the Middle East, at headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina The post Saltzman: Space baked int...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has filed papers with US regulators that set the stage for what could be the largest-ever public stock offering, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Wednesday.

In 2024, NASA's Perseverance rover found surprising levels of Nickel in the Martian bedrock of an ancient river channel, called Neretva Vallis, which flowed into the Jezero crater. A new study, published in Nature Co...

A Virtual Telescope Project livestream aims to track NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft after launch - here's how to watch it as it travels through space.

Aspect Aerospace, a University of South Alabama spin-off, has secured $2.4 million to develop circuit-board-sized spacecraft that could be deployed from space into very low Earth orbit in swarms to monitor the space envi...

An astronomer at the University of Hawaii at Hilo is using data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on Maunakea to help reconstruct a slow-motion cosmic collision, one that has been unfolding for hundreds of m...

The early universe is absolutely so far outside our understanding of how the world works it's hard to describe in words. Back then, the cosmos wasnt filled with stars and galaxies but with a boiling soup of quarks an...

The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.