Almost as tall as a football field, NASA's Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly—just under one mile per hour—out to the Artemis II launchpad, its temporary home at the Kennedy ...
NASA has run into exasperating fuel leaks in a make-or-break test of the moon rocket that's supposed to send astronauts on a ...
The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1. Look east at sunset on Jan. 30 to spot the near-full ...
"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...
Jupiter's moon count reaches 95+ official satellites. Explore the history of the Jovian system, from Galileo to the latest NASA discoveries.
While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor Europa is thought to harbor a vast global ocean of liquid water beneath ...
A new international study co-led by Aix-Marseille University and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) reveals that the striking contrast in the water contents of Jupiter’s Galilean moons was ...
Federal Astrophysicist and External Relations Lead at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the ...
(THE CONVERSATION) In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple ...