Placing a mass driver on the moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up so many ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth’s Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

An image released from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a rare perspective of Earth 180 million miles away on Mars.

China's space agency has opened up a first round of applications for researchers to borrow its Chang'e 6 lunar far side ...

Project A119 was a Cold War-era response to Sputnik, with the goal of using a nuclear explosion in space to scare the Soviets ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Hera probe recently completed a key manoeuvre which has set it on a path to Mars. The spacecraft will reach the red planet in March 2025 for the first gravity assist. Interestingly, Hera is beaming ...

November's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be the last supermoon of the year, and you can catch it next week.

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...