One of the greatest polymaths of all time and the archetypical Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Italy. Despite no formal education beyond elementary school-level lessons ...

Yes, groups are making plans, but addressing the trash problem on the Moon is surprisingly complex. Currently, organizations are looking at the problem through three different lenses: preservation, ...

While Comets Wierzchoś and Tempel 2 are faint, there’s a breakout star in the early-morning sky that’s cracked naked-eye visibility: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS). Recently recorded at mid-5th magnitude ...

The Orion spacecraft will be visible, if challenging, from the U.S. early on the morning of Friday, April 10. Here's how to ...

For the first time in over half a century, humans journeyed to the Moon — and Friday, they’re coming home. Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian ...

In 1959, having determined that military test pilots would make the best astronauts, NASA began screening the records of 508 candidates. From there the group was narrowed to 110 men who went through ...

The Sky This Week from February 20 to 27: The Moon grazes the Pleiades Sky This Week, The Sky This Week ...

The crew was overcome with emotion as they nominated the name Carroll for a crater "in a bright spot on the Moon." ...

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is targeting Wednesday, April 8, at 8:49 a.m. EST for liftoff on a Falcon 9 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Northrop Grumman-24 (NG-24) ...

On average, a planetary nebula should remain visible for some 25,000 years before its shell of gas becomes invisible.

Today marks day 6 of flight for the Artemis 2 crew, who are preparing to make the first human lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972. Here’s how to watch nearly every moment of it and track the ...