Spacecraft

Odysseus, a lunar lander built by the aerospace company Intuitive Machines, launched atop a SpaceX rocket on a mission to the moon's south pole

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will open a new era in astronomy that brings scientists to the brink of studying gravitational waves from the beginning of time

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 is aiming to be the first commercial mission to softly land on another celestial body—and the first to deliver NASA equipment to the moon

Rather than ripping up our fundamental models of the universe, the unexpectedly big and bright galaxies spied in the early universe by JWST probably have astrophysical explanations

A first look at materials from asteroid Bennu sparks speculation that the space rock was once part of an ancient, watery protoplanet

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is eliminating nearly 600 workers due to funding shortfalls for the space agency's Mars Sample Return mission

A surprisingly youthful ocean within Mimas, a tiny moon of Saturn, has big implications for the solar system’s history—and for finding life beyond Earth

During close flybys of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured stunning “bonus science” about the nightmarish world

Amid rising numbers of cyber threats, safeguarding our satellites is no longer optional but a necessity for global security and reliability

The popular limit of a 100-kilometer altitude for the edge of space should probably be adjusted down to 80 km

After a nine-day shutdown, the upside-down lunar lander received enough sunlight to power up again

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna could discover gigantic ripples in spacetime from merging supermassive black holes and more