The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.

Reaching the Moon’s south pole has defeated multiple missions. The terrain is extreme, the shadows are permanent, and the margin for error is small. NASA is now trusting Firefly Aerospace with some of ...

The Space Launch System and Orion capsule were transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as ...

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The comet was discovered in its final stage before impact. As luck would have it, NASA had a probe on its way to Jupiter, ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars. Water will be an extremely important resource on the ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...