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A diverse volcanic region on the moon’s near side could become the landing site for China’s first crewed lunar mission, according to a new study. China aims to land its

Astronomers studying the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS have discovered the comet is unusually rich in alcohol — a chemical clue that could reveal how planets and icy bodies form around other

One of NASA’s biggest upcoming astrophysics missions has been stopped in its tracks, and the project’s leader is blaming mismanagement at the space agency caused by last year’s budget confusion.

Ever since that fateful 1950s day in New Jersey when Steve Spielberg’s father roused him from slumber to take a late-night rural drive out to watch a spectacular shooting star

If you’re into astrophotography, you’ll reach a point where standard tools like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop will only get you so far. Although these tools work as expected from an

Scientists have discovered that a sample of the Ryugu asteroid collected by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft contains the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil, the building blocks of DNA

SpaceX’s biggest, most powerful Starship to date just breathed fire for the first time. On Monday (March 16), the company conducted a static fire test with Starship‘s “Super Heavy” first

What does it mean to be the first humans in decades to fly to the moon? The Artemis 2 astronauts will do just that on their historic mission around the

The Artemis 2 astronauts pose for a photograph alongside their zero gravity indicator on March 27, 2026 after arriving at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Image credit: NASA/John Kraus)

Scientists have created the first detailed maps of the outer edge of the sun’s atmosphere, a shifting boundary where solar material breaks free of the sun’s magnetic grip and streams