Here’s how it works. Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite space pictures here, and if you're wondering what happened to today in ...

Beneath the surface of the Moon lie vast underground caverns, some of which are miles long and wider than football fields, and they may make for excellent settlement sites. Strict Rules U.S ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft detected glowing lava hot spots in Dec. 2023 during a close flyby. Credit: NASA / Caltech-JPL / SwRI The following image shows an "unprecedented elongated, curved emission ...

Monday, November 25, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy ... is hoping not only to reignite an era of lunar landings, but to stay on the moon, and in ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the unmanned Rosetta spacecraft, which captured images of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko from 2014 to 2016, revealing its dark core. This rugged cliff was ...

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In 2024, the United States returned a spacecraft to the lunar surface, private astronauts accomplished historic firsts and SpaceX ramped up testing of a vehicle that will prove pivotal in humanity ...

In 2024, the United States returned a spacecraft to the lunar surface, private astronauts accomplished historic firsts and SpaceX ramped up testing of a vehicle that will prove pivotal in humanity's ...

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead ... Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful rocket booster ever ...