As NASA gears to return to the moon in 2026, an old friend celebrates 60 years of being the astronauts’ timepiece of choice.

The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning following the October 14, 2024, launch. Scheduled to arrive in the ...

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a ...

JWST uncovers unexpected behavior in polar lights on Jupiter, while a Mars rover captures the first image of an aurora.

On May 12, weather-station equipment on NASA's Curiosity rover (pictured 2021) recorded a high temperature of 11 degrees ...

China is sharing bits of the Moon with research organizations around the world, but NASA is off limits due to a 2011 US law.

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman has been announced as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11, which is headed to the International ...

The data indicated that the moon's near side was hotter than the far side, as the depths were more geologically active there.

NASA's Europa Clipper, en route to Jupiter’s moon Europa, captured infrared images of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby to ...

The science team behind Perseverance wanted to know whether that glow from the Mars aurora could be seen in the visible ...