October will begin with a lunar standout: the first of three consecutive supermoons. Supermoons appear slightly larger and brighter than other full moons, thanks to the moon's closer-than-usual ...

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process ...

Last year, astronomers warned that the asteroid could strike Earth, but that fear has been set aside. Now, it has a slight chance of hitting the Moon instead ...

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A t ...

NASA is seriously considering using a nuclear explosion in space to prevent a potential asteroid collision with the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once thought to pose a risk to Earth, now has a ...

Rep. Pfluger told Newsweek the LAUNCH Act boosts U.S. innovation "as adversaries like China seek to weaponize and exploit the space domain." ...

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space ...

A newly published book focuses on parallel space races involving Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, and America and China.

"Under the pretext of protecting Earth from asteroids, the United States appears to be seeking the right to deploy nuclear weapons in space," Leonid Yelenin said ...

Is NASA really planning an Armageddon-style mission near the Moon's orbit? The US space agency, together with astronomers around the world, is considering the best way ...

In our first interview with Mayer, he discussed using pressure cycling to study prebiotic chemistry. In the second part of ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the moon in 2032.