Solar energy is not an option on the Moon and the 2-week long nights make it inefficient. Nuclear energy could offer a more possible alternative.

A NASA mission is underway to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun.

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

2025 was a busy with advancements and a few setbacks in space science and the space industry. New missions continued to expand our understanding of the Sun, astronomers tracked a rare visitor from ...

If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon. In a matter of months, four astronauts are poised to fly around the moon on a ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --Comet 3I/ATLAS passed its nearest point to Earth early Friday and approaching within 168 million miles. After its brief visit Friday the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will head back ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A stray comet will make its closest approach to Earth today in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...

According to a NASA study, Saturn's moon Titan may be the most fantastically large slushie of all time. Based on a reexamination of data from the Cassini probe collected in 2012, the moon's ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third interstellar object ever known to pass through our solar system—is accelerating and now approaching its closest point to Earth. “Significant” non-gravitational accelerations ...

A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...