Professor Alan Fitzsimmons has recently returned from ground control of the European Space Agency Hera mission at the ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system, uncovering a mysterious object ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

See the US achieve many firsts in space exploration this year from SpaceX's wild rocket catch to Intuitive Machines' historic ...

Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during ...

The new year brings a new feature. On this date in space exploration history will bring you daily facts about the history of human space exploration.

Outer space is infinite, but that hasn't stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to ...

With 2024 coming to a close, we look at the biggest space achievements of the year from NASA, SpaceX, China, and more.

Scientists have discovered a series of celestial bodies that look like asteroids but behave and move through space like ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is so sparsely populated that spacecraft pass through as though ...