In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa.
The Moon held on to its magnetic field for most of its life — which could mean less lunar water available to future astronauts than expected.
The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.
Projections suggest auroral activity could increase in 2025 as activity on the sun’s surface maintains a “solar maximum.” ...
NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day.
An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return ...
The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million ...
NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...
Europa Clipper, which launched in October 2024, will get an energy boost around March 2025 when it flies by Mars, one of our ...
SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Thuraya 4 mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida until Friday, ...
"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...