This could be a big deal. The network, designed by Nokia Bell Labs, could mark the beginning of a new era in space ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

A Nasa-backed company is teaming up with SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk to develop an ’extreme’ space vehicle that ...