NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the only mission to visit Uranus up close, recorded this view of the planet as it approached on Jan. 14, 1986. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
In a long-awaited report released Tuesday, a panel of planetary scientists recommended NASA prioritize development of a flagship robotic science mission that would orbit Uranus, a distant world with 27 known moons that has not been explored since a fleeting visit by the Voyager 2 spacecraft 36 years ago.
The solar system is overflowing with fascinating destinations, but NASA can only operate so many missions.
Radar measurements of ice on Earth suggest that Jupiter's moon Europa might host water near its surface.
The Andromeda constellation, named by ancient Greeks after the mythological princess Andromeda, contains the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest full-fledged galaxy to our own Milky Way.
Here are some of the coldest places in our solar system.
The descent looked like a 'flying whirlpool' over Hawaii.
If the measurement is correct, it is yet another strong signal that there are missing pieces to the physics puzzle of how the universe works.
One year ago today (April 19), NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity lifted into the Red Planet sky for the first time.
A radio signal designed to bring Earth's climate crisis to the attention of alien life will be beamed to the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system in October.
The Biden administration wants other countries to sign on to its pledge not to conduct destructive anti-satellite missile tests in space.
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket on pad 39B. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
NASA will move its first giant Space Launch System moon rocket off the launch pad and back to its hangar at the Kennedy Space Center as soon as next Tuesday, giving teams an opportunity to resolve several problems discovered during three attempts to load super-cold propellants into the launcher earlier this month.
Ax-1, the first-ever fully private crewed mission to the International Space Station, will get to spend 12 extra hours aboard the orbiting lab.
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off with the Chinasat 6D communications satellite. Credit: CASC
Two Chinese rocket launches hours apart Friday successfully deployed a radio and TV broadcasting spacecraft and an atmospheric environmental monitoring satellite.
Two cosmonauts began installing a new robotic arm outside of the International Space Station, completing the first in a series of spacewalks needed to activate the European-built remote manipulator.
The astronauts set to launch aboard the SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station have arrived in Florida ahead of their planned April 23 liftoff.
NASA will roll its Artemis 1 moon rocket off the launch pad early next week, if all goes according to plan.
There are several ways we can measure the progress of human civilization. Population growth, the rise and fall of empires, our technological ability to reach for the stars. But one simple measure is to calculate the amount of energy humans use at any given time. As humanity has spread and advanced, our ability to harness energy is one of our most useful skills. If one assumes civilizations on other planets might possess similar skills, the energy consumption of a species is a good rough measure of its technological prowess. This is the idea behind the Kardashev Scale.
In 2021, a team of hologram doctors was "holoported" to space to visit astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, NASA has revealed.
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll see a glimmer of light with today’s topic: Zodiacal Light!
Strong solar activity generated green glowing auroras over Alaska, as one photographer witnessed April 11 from Trapper Creek.
Titan Comics heads back to the neo-noir future with a "Blade Runner: Black Lotus" sequel
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