Spacecraft

OSIRIS-REx’s treasure trove from asteroid Bennu includes material rich in water and carbon

Slow-moving stars at the Milky Way’s outskirts suggest our galaxy may be far lighter than previously believed, with profound implications for dark matter

For the third time in a year, coolant is leaking from a Russian module aboard the International Space Station

The European Space Agency says a software patch restored stability to its cosmos-mapping Euclid spacecraft — but slower operations could extend the mission

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected valuable samples, but a new report says the plan to fetch them is unworkable

NASA has reversed course on plans to curtail the New Horizons spacecraft’s planetary science studies following a rebellion among the mission’s leaders

At times, the enormous BlueWalker 3 telecommunications satellite is brighter than some of the most iconic stars visible from Earth

Black holes in the extraordinarily distant cosmos are out of tune with their host galaxies, offering insights into their formation

Conspiracy theories and, relatedly, antigovernment sentiment could prove toxic to any factual and scientific discussion of unidentified anomalous phenomena

Thousands of spacecraft circle Earth. Seeing them from the ground is surprisingly easy—and a lot of fun

There is a long U.S. legacy of plutocrat-funded pseudoscience. Congress just embraced it

The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat