Deposits of ice in lunar dust and rock (regolith) are more extensive than previously thought, according to a new analysis of ...

Setting a fire in space sounds like a bad idea, scientists have been safely creating controlled flames in space for decades.

There’s more to thunderclouds than rain and lightning. Thunderclouds can produce intense bursts of gamma rays.

Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own ...

This month's viewing tips for Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. When's the best time to observe the destination of NASA's next ...

If you’re thinking of a galaxy, the image in your head is probably the Andromeda Galaxy! Read more about our closest galactic ...

Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, ...

Looking deep into the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: ...

Applications Workshop took place December 7–8, 2023 at the California Institute of Technology Keck Institute for Space ...

As humans return to the Moon and push on toward Mars, scientists are ramping up research into the effects of space on the ...

A decade ago, on Sept. 21, 2014, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, ...

At Eclipsing Binary Patrol, you will examine space telescope data and help unravel the mysteries of these multiple-star ...