Space Exploration

An astrophotographer teamed up with Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman to create these stunning new images of the lunar surface

This launch, when it comes, will mark the 12th flight test of Starship and the first demonstration of its V3 design. A new attempt could come as soon as Friday

Friday’s flight could be the most pivotal test of the Starship megarocket

NASA’s Psyche snapped images as it flew by Mars last week. The spacecraft used the planet’s gravity to give itself a boost on its journey toward its target asteroid

NASA is starting to paint in some of the details of its planned 2027 Artemis III mission, but key questions, such as who its astronauts will be, are yet to be answered

There are parts of the universe, and of the electromagnetic spectrum, that we’re not covering with our telescopes—but not as many as you might think!

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs to swing past the Red Planet

The rare isotope helium-3 is one of Earth’s most precious commodities—so precious, in fact, that it might prove profitable to mine from the moon

Debris is a growing threat to orbital infrastructure, and it’s only going to get worse as the number of launches increases

Margaret Hamilton designed safety features for NASA inspired in part by her four-year-old

NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor

Scientists long assumed Venus’s harsh environment would quickly destroy artifacts from probe missions. But a new study makes a compelling case to the contrary