NASA's Parker Solar Probe has shattered records by venturing closer to the Sun than ever before, reaching blazing speeds of 430,000 mph. Equipped with groundbreaking technology, it braved extreme ...

From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor ...

NASA is preparing for humans to return to the Moon, aiming for longer stays than ever before. The chosen destination is the ...

But human-introduced water vapor can confuse those findings, since it can freeze in the same dark spots and obscure chemical ...

The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced Friday.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes a historic close approach to the sun, gathering data to understand the solar wind and corona ...

The end of the month will see a special kind of new moon, that has been nicknamed a “black moon.” A new moon is one of the moon’s eight phases. It marks its invisible phase, with the illuminated side ...

Humans are returning to the moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a ...

Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, the probe is the fastest human-made object in existence. It used flybys of Venus to adjust its ...

Space agencies worldwide are gearing up missions in 2025 to expand humanity's horizons, from the moon and Mars to asteroids and beyond.

Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Scientists still debate whether these came from asteroids that passed close into Mars' ...

The ambient light at the lunar South Pole will severely impact astronauts' ability to perceive hazards and perform tasks ...