After the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster, American astronaut Edward Lu had just nine weeks to learn how to fly the Soviet-era Soyuz spacecraft. That's no mean feat: most people take at least a year ...

A rare total lunar eclipse will turn the Moon a deep coppery red tonight, offering skywatchers a safe and spectacular celestial show.

"Work on the rocket and spacecraft will continue in the coming weeks as NASA prepares for rolling the rocket out to the launch pad again later this month ahead of a potential launch in April." ...

Test your knowledge of Japan's boldest leaps into the cosmos with a quiz that explores JAXA's missions, milestones, and the science shaping humanity's future among the stars.

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Two landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines were briefly on the moon at the same time in March 2025. Here's what happened.

"For asteroids of the size scale relevant to planetary defense (i.e., ∼50-500 m), the mass can only be directly measured ...

Johns Hopkins scientists have shown that Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria can survive the massive pressures of an asteroid ...

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