"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has proposed a new, relatively cheaper plan that could save NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...