The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth.

But the mission will also bring something that’s never been installed on the moon or anywhere else in space before—a fully ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory described the complicated maneuver that will get the Trailblazer in a position to reach ...

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

From Cape Canaveral to Mission Control, these awe-inspiring spots should be on every intergalactic aficionado’s must-visit ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

Golden Path can thrust himself further into the Group 1 conversation with a bold return against a star-studded cast in the ...

NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the moon's subsurface and analyze where ...

Members, aerospace professionals and aviation enthusiasts are invited to the Chester Branch's lecture, titled "Apollo 11 Moon Landing".

A former NASA astronaut has donated state of Kansas flags that made trips to the moon and back to the Cosmosphere.

Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...