A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side of the sun. Conversely, astronomers ...

The shadow of the Blue Ghost spacecraft after it landed on the moon, with Earth in the distance. Blue Ghost just completed its mission, which lasted a full lunar day — two Earth weeks — on the near ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky to the morning sky.

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Up for a challenge? If skies are clear, you may be able to complete a rare feat of visual athletics this coming weekend, and ...

Venus is often referred to as Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet. NASA has captured a breathtaking image of Venus, the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest in our solar system. Known as the ...

NASA said that, during the flyby mission, the Artemis II crew "will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during the flight around the moon and back." ...

Perhaps the crown jewel of NASA’s near-term roadmap for human space exploration is the Artemis mission: our return-trip to the Moon that’s more than half a century in the making. However ...

It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers. By Kenneth Chang A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft built by Intuitive ...