We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE) completed the final commercial flight of its Unity spacecraft in 2024 and is set to spend 2025 focused on its new Delta-class spaceships, which are on track for ...

Launch licenses the FAA just issued to Blue Origin and SpaceX are setting the stage for space billionaires Jeff Bezos and ...

An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return ...

Europa Clipper, which launched in October 2024, will get an energy boost around March 2025 when it flies by Mars, one of our ...

On Mercury, craters are named after “artists, musicians, painters and authors who have made outstanding or fundamental ...

Commercial space company Blue Origin is ready to start the new year with the anticipated first launch of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket from Florida.

After a spectacular 2024, which featured a year of wonder in the skies, including a total solar eclipse and rare sightings of the northern lights, 2025 is set to bring even more astronomical events.

On this date, Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1. The probe would pass within 3,725.5 miles of the moon but did ...

NASA’s retired InSight lander, now covered in Martian dust, continues to offer insights into Mars through images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Over its four-year mission, InSight ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.