Ninety percent of the world’s population could glimpse asteroid Apophis during its once-in-a-millennium close approach to Earth in 2029.
Humanity made some halting steps toward flight over the centuries, but our species was still firmly rooted on the ground when the United States of America was born on July 4, 1776.
The moon over America’s first Independence Day was about 31 feet closer to Earth than it is today. Here’s how colonists used it as a clock, calendar and streetlight — and what astronomers knew about it.
NASA will send a soccer ball to the moon if the United States wins the FIFA World Cup, agency chief Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday (June 30).
A NASA satellite has found an unintended, important purpose.
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the history of the solar system tells its own story of exploration.
NASA has announced new lunar landing contracts for its Artemis Moon Base program, as well as a potential new moon rover mission named PROMISE.
Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA’s InSight mission suggest.
Researchers met recently for the first “Humans to Titan Summit 2026,” which explored how to send astronauts to the huge Saturn moon.
NASA will provide an update about its moon base plans this afternoon, and you can watch it live.