Artemis III in 2027 will bring astronauts onto the moon, this time not in the Sea of Tranquility, the site near the moon’s ...

Saturn has "gained" a staggering 128 new moons in a groundbreaking discovery by astronomers in Taiwan. The find, made by a ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

The Fram2 mission will fly astronauts over the North and South poles – a unique trajectory that Houston researchers will use ...

Let's celebrate April first as "Healthy Skepticism Day", especially with fantastical astronomy stories and images online ...

Skywatchers across the U.S. are in for a treat this month as two notable celestial events – the Pink Moon and the peak of the ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

SpaceX has just launched its first private crew to orbit since the Polaris Dawn mission in September 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the Fram2 crew from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:46 ...

A unique mission called Fram2, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, lifted off, carrying the crew into an orbit around the North and South poles. Follow ...

SpaceX is planning a launch as early as Monday evening. If successful, it will mark the first crewed mission to polar orbit ...