Back to Article List Considering its distance, the uncertainty in its location, and the breadth of its orbital path, this hypothetical planet is exceedingly difficult to detect. This artist’s concept depicts the distant, hypothetical, Neptune-sized Planet X in...

Multiple space agencies are looking to send crewed missions to the Moon’s southern polar region in this decade and the next. Moreover, they intend to create the infrastructure that will allow for a sustained human presence, exploration, and economic...

This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, revealing the stunning terrain of northwest Namibia.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn...

The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States' highest honor.Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a...

An meteorite in the Antarctic. Credit: University of Manchester. Antarctica has long been loved by astronomers for hosting rocks from outer space — more than 48,000 meteorites cataloged were found here, and about 1,000 new ones are recovered each year, thanks...

Last November, NASA’s Lucy mission conducted a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinish, one of the Main Belt asteroids it will investigate as it makes its way to Jupiter. In the process, the spacecraft spotted a small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid, now named...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — May the rocket's Force be with you!An Atlas V rocket rolled out to its launch pad on Saturday (May 4), also Star Wars Day, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station days before its historic first mission with astronauts. Atop the United...

Back to Article List The volume density of asteroids in the main belt about 10 times higher than that of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids congregate at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the Jupiter-Sun system, meaning they orbit in groups...

NASA has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to work out a plan to adapt its Starlink broadband internet satellites for use in a Martian communication network. The idea is one of a dozen proposals that have won NASA funding for concept studies that could end up...