Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology suggests we'll soon have a new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space.

Something to look forward to: Two of the world's wealthiest men are racing to tackle a challenge that could transform human space travel: refueling spacecraft in orbit. Solving this problem could ...

The agency has cheaper and farther-reaching missions in its sights. NASA is asking six companies to help the agency move spacecraft between difficult-to-reach orbits. The agency recently awarded a ...

Hera, a European spacecraft, is halfway to the Didymos asteroid system to study the impact of NASA’s DART mission.

Discover how astronomers use stellar parallax to navigate spacecraft in deep space without relying on Earth-based beacons.

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, ...

NASA and SpaceX are collaborating on an ambitious mission to send humans to an asteroid, marking a significant step forward in human space exploration. This mission aims to advance our scientific ...

High-energy space radiation will threaten the Mars settlements that Elon Musk hopes to build with SpaceX, as well as NASA outposts for astronauts.

Since the 1970s, Voyager 1 has been making groundbreaking discoveries. But its journey is far from over, and it's still ...

On board the Artemis II mission will be several experiments on human health, one featuring tissue samples collected from the ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could they hear us? A new study combining data from Penn State and NASA’s Jet ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...