Japan is putting its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft through a series of tests ahead of its launch to Mars next ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the ...

Strawberry moon will be at full illumination June 11, the latest of the full moons tied to Native American tradition.

New Moon brings excellent dark-sky conditions for observing galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters in the sky this week.

Raman spectroscopy uses scattered light to identify a substance's chemical ingredients and is one of the most widely used scientific methods in space exploration. It is used for lunar exploration to ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this week and will study two solar system bodies up close.

The latest mission out of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) will examine not one, but two space bodies. After ...