What Looked Like a Planet Was Actually a Massive Space Collision So, imagine astronomers are looking at something, thinking, ‘Wow, cool planet!’ Then, bam! Turns out it wasn’t a planet at all, but a ...

The Perseverance rover has found tiny crystals that seem to be rubies or sapphires inside pebbles on Mars, where they have ...

SLS is ready to roll back! NASA's Space Launch System rocket tasked with launching the Artemis 2 mission is ready for transportation from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, ...

When Apollo 11 astronauts returned to Earth after accomplishing history’s first-ever crewed moon landing, they brought back nearly 50 pounds of moon dust and rocks. Researchers who initially analyzed ...

Space rocks are constantly hurtling toward us, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both delight and alarm. Thankfully, the vast majority cause no damage because they ...

Four uncrewed lunar lander missions are set for 2026, paving the way for NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon.

Asteroids! From 2024 YR 4's possible lunar impact to the DART mission's impact of Dimophos, we look at how scientists are ...

NASA's giant moon rocket will soon be rolled back to the launch pad ahead of the Artemis 2 launch date in April. Here's how to watch live coverage.

Uncover 100 Things You Never Knew About The Earth! Explore mind-blowing facts from its fiery core to the moon's violent birth ...

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

Scientists have long thought there are a series of pyramid-like structures on Mars, with recent images showing one that could ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...