Look toward the southwestern horizon at sunset on Jan. 22 to witness the slender crescent moon cozy up to the gas giant ...

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I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS ...

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Finding new worlds out there is pretty exciting, right? Scientists are getting really good at spotting planets around other ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

As they fly around the moon, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II will see views never seen by the human eye. Here's how.

As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric ...

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

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

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