Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an ...

Regulus — also called Alpha Leonis — is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised ...

Robots and robotic technology have taken over the globe in recent years, and now they aim for new goals to excel in space ...

Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris. A European research team has unveiled a bold new mission ...

When NASA looks for people to send toward the Moon, the search often leads through the high desert of Northern Arizona. The ...

The 'Snow Moon' is named for the inclement weather that is common in January. Look to the east at sunset tonight to see the full "Snow Moon" rise among the stars of the constellation Cancer, the Crab, ...

An artist's conception shows a nuclear power plant on the moon. (Lockheed Martin Illustration) Almost 60 years after America ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have been able to compile the most detailed map of dark matter ever produced, exposing the ghostly scaffolding that has guided the growth of ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope created a detailed dark matter map of the COSMOS region, showing alignment with visible ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full ...