Space exploration

The spiral could be seen drifting northwards over South Island at 7:30 p.m. local time on Sunday.

The ExoMars mission to search for life on the Red Planet was halted in March due to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The strange object, described in the journal Nature, sends out a beam of radiation that crosses our line of sight.

Stargazers took to social media, with some describing the meteor shower as a "bust."

"I had a chance to speak to someone that wasn't on Earth and screwed it up," wrote the Redditor when explaining the story.

An engineering professor says the new design can help jumping as a form of locomotion, on Earth or elsewhere.

The Perseverance Rover captured of one of Mars' two moons Phobos as it eclipses the sun.

The flights, at a cost of $125,000, are expected to begin in late 2024 and are fully booked until 2025.

The Japanese automaker will bring its design and innovation to the project, as well as its vehicle systems and autonomous tech.

The dress rehearsal is the last major test before the SLS launches on its first test flight—known as Artemis I.

"It's a reminder that we need to stay vigilant and know how to protect ourselves and detect these before they happen," said a planetary scientist.

As NASA readies a human return to the moon for the first time in decades, the agency has announced SpaceX's Starship lander will have commercial competition.

NASA is preparing the Space Launch System and Orion Spacecraft for final tests before a series of Artemis I missions that will eventually see humanity return to the surface of the moon.

Kelly hit out at the Roscosmos director after he shared footage of foreign flags being stripped from a Russian rocket.

Astronomers think the wayward rocket booster will imminently smash into the lunar surface at nearly 6,000 miles per hour.

Astronomer Dietrich Baade told Newsweek: "Stellar vampires do not suck blood but gas, but like others vampires, they can substantially weaken their victims."

NASA has selected new early-stage projects that "expand the scope of the possible," including projectiles capable of pummeling Earth-threatening asteroids.

The black hole is stealing material from a companion star, in a process that could show how black holes get a kick from supernova explosions that form them.

The clouds of frozen carbon dioxide were photographed at an altitude of around 50 miles by NASA's Curiosity rover.

Jared Isaacman, part of the Inspiration 4 all-civilian crew, will journey to space at least three more times as part of SpaceX's Polaris mission.

SpaceX fans want to hear more about the company's Starship rocket capable of taking humans to Mars. On Thursday, its CEO gave his first major update since 2019.

The Falcon 9 rocket stage, weighing four metric tons, will very likely strike the moon's far side near its equator on March 4, 2022, at 5,700 miles per hour.

When astronauts leave the International Space Station, it will be allowed to fall out of orbit, crashing down in a remote region of the South Pacific Ocean.

Hippchen said he was "insanely disappointed" after missing out on the Inspiration4 mission—the world's first spaceflight manned solely by civilians.

The telescope is headed for a point where gravity will balance its orbital motion, locking it in almost perfect unison with the Earth's orbit around the sun.

Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett plans to rule on January 23 on whether to hold an election, with the proposed land purchase now paused until that date.

Webb is the largest and most powerful space observatory ever built, promising to revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

The Tiangong space station's Tianhe core module currently is hosting a three-person crew on the six-month Shenzhou-13 mission.

The U.S. Space Force assessed that the U.S. "did not estimate a significant probability of collision between the CSS and any Starlink spacecraft."

NASA will launch the James Webb Space Telescope on Friday, then it will travel and prepare for six months before beginning work.