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Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation on Oct. 29, marking one of the best evenings to see the planet this fall as it appears farthest from the sun’s glare

Late on Oct. 21, 2025, a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the far side of the sun, an area currently dominated by the powerful and persistent Active Region

Earth’s moon is a treasure trove of resources. Space agencies around the world are planning missions to access and use lunar volatiles, which include hydrogen, water, helium, carbon dioxide, and

JAXA HTV-X1 Cargo Rendezvous and Capture – YouTube Watch On Japan’s new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will arrive at the International Space Station for the first time ever today (Oct. 28),

Two Russian cosmonauts completed their second spacewalk together, installing experiments and performing maintenance on the exterior of the International Space Station. Expedition 73 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Alexey

SpaceX’s next mission to the moon, and the next launch of its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, has slipped to no earlier than July 2026. Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lunar lander, carrying NASA

A haunting grin appeared on the sun as bright active regions and dark coronal holes combined to create a jack-o’-lantern face just in time for Halloween. The image was captured

NASA’s X-59 has finally taken flight. The X-59 is NASA’s experimental new jet built to break the sound barrier without generating the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with supersonic flight.

An Ontario preteen may be one of the youngest Canadians to ever find an asteroid. Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible

An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars. The method, developed by researchers