NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

During the winter months, Southern California-based NASA aerospace engineer Frank Tai and his wife get their mountain-town fix through their condo in Breckenridge. For years the fix came with a cost: ...

While we're now past the peak of the shower, you can still catch a small glimpse of the Quadrantids meteor shower.

Meanwhile, NASA has been testing its much-delayed X-59 Quesst aircraft—another pointy, humpbacked white jet—and in November fired up its engine for the first time. It will tak ...

Nearly 25 years after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the company is finally poised to send its first rocket to orbit. New ...

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface while moving at 430,000 miles per ...

Learn key facts about the Moon: from its significant distance and relative size compared to Earth to its distinctive color ...

According to NASA, the moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit, or an elongated circle, with our planet closer to one side of the ellipse. Each month, the moon passes through the point ...

NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence ...

The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

“Earth is great, but it’s fragile. We need a backup,” Musk said, reiterating his conviction that colonising Mars is essential ...