Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover called MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform), which was built by the ...

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune.

Houston-based Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private firm to achieve ... Mons Mouton plateau closer to the lunar south pole than any mission before it.

A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar ...

Have you ever noticed that planes don’t fly over the South Pole? It’s not just because of the extreme cold—there are some seriously bizarre reasons behind it! From mysterious magnetic ...

Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. But Intuitive Machines’ mission ended when its lander wound up on its side in a crater.

Firefly Aerospace managed to stay upright when it landed on the moon two weeks ago and announced Monday it had completed its ...

Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone ... a plateau near the lunar south pole—farther south than any robot has ventured. NASA will livestream the landing an hour before touchdown ...

After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more commercial spacecraft ...