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 ...

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

Yesterday, the four-person Artemis 2 crew completed the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972, passing within roughly 4,067 miles of the lunar surface before turning back toward Earth. The ...

For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

Crew begins a seven-hour lunar observation as NASA returns to the moon’s neighborhood for the first time in decades.

NASA's AROW tool lets you follow the Orion spacecraft's every move — including tonight's historic lunar flyby, the first by humans since 1972.

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

The four crew members are closer to Luna than to our home world, right on course, and viewing parts of the Moon never before seen by humans.