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

The Cygnus NG-24 resupply mission heads to the ISS, while SpaceX and Chinese launch providers round out a busy week.

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.

Follow along for live updates as Artemis 2 makes its closest approach to the Moon.

Our satellite is lining up to slide south of the bright red giant star Antares; catch the pair this morning in the predawn sky.

Before wrapping up their first flight day, the crew of Artemis 2 pulled off another feat of NASA in-flight troubleshooting: fixing their broken toilet. It might not rank as NASA’s no. 1 triumph, or ...

Exciting planetary action takes place this month. Venus and Uranus vie for attention and lie close to each other in late April. Jupiter offers a lot to observe through a telescope, particularly events ...

As the familiar wintertime constellations begin setting earlier each evening, it’s our last chance to catch some of the deep-sky treasures they contain. The constellation Monoceros lies east of better ...

If everything goes according to plan, tomorrow, April 1, for the first time in more than 50 years, human beings will leave Earth bound for the Moon. The countdown began Monday at 4:44 p.m. EDT, with ...