Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

NASA is proposing SpaceX Starship now handles translunar injection (TLI) propulsion and the full landing role, while SLS/Orion is limited to LEO only.

A study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy presents evidence that the asteroid Ryugu contains all five of the nucleotide bases that make up the genetic code. That includes the ...

For 25 years, a team in Huntsville has been helping keep the International Space Station running around the clock, supporting thousands of scientific experiments that have advanced our understanding ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 team has won the 2025 Robert J. Collier Trophy for completing a successful commercial lunar landing.

A subtle pattern hidden in spacecraft images has revealed that rocks are actively traveling between the asteroid Didymos and its small moon Dimorphos. This quiet exchange is described as “cosmic ...

Space scientists have captured a comet breaking into pieces by accident. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope witnessed the incredibly rare event while searching for another cosmic target. The comet K1, ...

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe is on its (very long) way to Jupiter, and will finally arrive at the King of Planets in 2031. Its primary mission is to focus on the "big three" icy ...

Experts from the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University have pinpointed 45 Earth-like planets that could have perfect ...

Divers were searching the Bermuda Triangle for lost WWII planes when they found an odd – and clearly human-made – artifact ...

NASA is proposing a sharp increase in the rate of robotic lunar lander missions, a move that has excited but also puzzled the ...

New faculty member Anton Artemyev is bringing his award-winning research in space physics to The University of Texas at Arlington, strengthening the University’s growing presence in space science and ...