Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

The sun, Earth and the moon are aligned, but because the moon’s orbit is not exactly in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the sun, they rarely form a perfect line. When they do ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth ...

Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.

These are known as hypervelocity stars, with some moving faster than the escape velocity of the Milky Way of around 600 ...

The full-scale Opportunity Rover reproduction is a one-of-a-kind model made right here in Aotearoa by the Auckland University ...

Of all Earth’s layers, the inner core is the most remote and mysterious. This solid sphere of iron and nickel is about 70% the size of the moon ... they could model its position and then ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the ...

Blue Ghost has left Earth’s orbit, carrying NASA’s science to the Moon. Instruments are performing well, including a ...