NASA's Parker Solar Probe just screamed past the Sun for the 23rd time, once again matching its own records for closest ...

"In many ways, Odin has become both a pioneer and a teacher — continuing its mission by informing our future endeavors, even ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss the opportunity." ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe team won the 2024 Collier Trophy for boldly venturing into the Sun’s atmosphere. With revolutionary ...

Described as the “perfect space crop,” the nutritious and ready-to-eat fungus could be a key stepping stone toward fueling ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

The public is enamored of images returned to Earth by space probes. Whether they show the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, or the icy surface of Pluto, these captivating images garner loads ...

A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling ...

European space probe Hera flew past Mars on Wednesday on its way to Dimorphos on its planetary defence mission. During the flyby, the probe captured unique images of the Red Planet, as well as one of ...

However, both space probes are reaching the end of their service lives. NASA announced that engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are shutting off instruments on both spacecraft to limit ...

The Voyager spacecraft rely on electricity generated from the heat of decaying plutonium, and both are losing an estimated 4 watts of power per year. “The Voyagers have been deep space rock ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of ...