The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...

Despite emitting more carbon than coal, the government backs Lynemouth’s green credentials—granting its owner £700 million in ...

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...

Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...

The JWST has spotted the presence of carbon dioxide on HR 8799’s four known planets, part of a system astronomers use to ...

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...

As the solar system moved through this dust-rich region, Earth may have received an increased influx of interstellar particles.

Space is getting crowded — humans have now placed over 20,000 satellites into orbit since the start of the space age, and there are plans to launch thousands more over the next few years. Some of ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

Longest commercial Moon mission using Firefly’s composites-intensive Blue Ghost lander completes more than 346 hours of ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly captured images of carbon dioxide in planets beyond our ...