This week on Space Beat, Rob and Space reporter Brooke Edwards discuss the NASA directive to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s.

The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But ...

As of Thursday, Aug. 21, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and only 3% will be lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's ...

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, ...

NASA announced the discovery of a new small moon around Uranus on Tuesday, revealing a faint world designated S/2025 U1 that ...

SpaceX's Starship is regarded as the world's largest rocket. How does it compare in height to other launch vehicles from SpaceX, ULA or Blue Origin?

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on August 5 to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would ...

The new image, which shows Earth along with an even smaller point of light coming from the moon, harkens back to Carl Sagan's ...

Just a few weeks after twin meteor showers passed overhead, there’s another astronomical phenomenon in store for us – a “Black Moon.” ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made an exciting discovery around the planet Uranus. During an observation on February ...

Nasa’s Webb telescope has found a new moon around Uranus. “No other planet has as many small inner moons as Uranus, and their ...