The Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo will pass on either side of our neighboring planet.

China is looking at the ways of getting astronauts to Mars and back safely and potentially establishing a long-term presence on the Red Planet.

The growing problem of space junk poses a risk to future space missions, but the solution isn't going to be easy.

The federal government Friday rejected an appeal by billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to get in on NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon by using rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX. NASA in April awarded the $2.9 billion contract for a lunar lander to the more established SpaceX, which also offered a cheaper price than the bids from Blue Origin and Dynetics Inc., a subsidiary of Leidos.

Scientists have published a new, detailed radio image of the Andromeda galaxy – the Milky Way’s sister galaxy – which will allow them to identify and study the regions of Andromeda where new stars are born.

A "short-term software failure" made Nauka fire its engines.

Clays likely caused the radar reflections spotted beneath Mars' south pole, a new study finds.

The International Space Station (ISS) was destabilised after engines of a newly arrived Russian module inadvertently fired up. "Mission control teams corrected the action and all systems are operating normally," US space agency Nasa said. This was done by activating thrusters on other modules of the ISS. An investigation is now under way.

Now might be the time to wipe the dust off that pair of binoculars and extract the family telescope from the back of the closet: Saturn is about to put on its best and brightest show, looking spiffier than at any time during the year – a performance that will be followed a few weeks later by Jupiter.

A theory about black holes and how they eject light waves out of their backsides posited by Albert Einstein in 1915 has been proven correct, more than 100 years later.

Astronomers have captured the first-ever spin measurements of planets making up the HR 8799 star system.

The space rocks may have come from beyond Neptune, and potentially offer hints at the chaos of the early solar system.

A team of scientists will embark on a new international research project led by Harvard University to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life by looking for advanced technology it may leave behind.

Humanity's return to the moon could open up new windows on the universe. NASA is working to establish a permanent human presence on and around the moon by the end of the 2020s, via a program known as Artemis. That presence may eventually include radio telescopes on the moon's exceptionally quiet far side — and, perhaps, even more ambitious off-Earth science facilities.

Just because you were in space doesn't mean you get the wings of an astronaut. The Federal Aviation Administration set new rules concerning the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program and the criteria used to award those commanding, piloting or working on privately funded spacecraft with the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings badge.

Following the conclusion of World War II in the 1940s, worldwide superpowers started developing rocket propulsion technologies in aircraft, ultimately leading to supersonic planes like the North American X-15 and the first Race for Space. Currently, a new rivalry is brewing among private businesses seeking to expand outside our borders.

The lunar rovers of Apollo 15, 16 and 17 parked American automotive culture on the lunar surface, and expanded the scientific range of the missions’ astronaut explorers.

"I think they realized it's why they lost."

Astronomers have used archival datasets from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to reveal the first evidence for water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the result of the thermal escape of water vapour from the moon’s icy surface.

It was Ingenuity's highest flight yet, too.