China has opened up the first round of applications for researchers who wish to use some of the Chang'e 6 lunar far side ...

See footage Orion Spacecraft, moon and Earth shortly before its "outbound powered flyby burn". Orion was less than 2000 miles ...

Task & Purpose loves strange Cold War space programs. With the Space Race in full ... Concern over serious damage to the Moon ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

NASA is planning to return humankind to the moon for the first time in over five decades. The agency has narrowed its safe ...

As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct ... Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001. He covers skywatching, human spaceflight, exploration as ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

In late 2022, NASA launched its uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back as part of its Artemis I mission, setting ...

of lunar samples from a water-ice-rich area near the moon's south pole and deliver them to Earth, is one of several flagship ...

China is advancing rapidly in the new space race and could reach the moon before the end of the decade—yet patience may prove to be America's best strategy.

The world's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable ...