Crew begins a seven-hour lunar observation as NASA returns to the moon’s neighborhood for the first time in decades.

The four crew members are closer to Luna than to our home world, right on course, and viewing parts of the Moon never before seen by humans.

For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

Follow along for live updates as Artemis 2 makes its closest approach to the Moon.

One of the greatest polymaths of all time and the archetypical Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Italy. Despite no formal education beyond elementary school-level lessons ...

While Comets Wierzchoś and Tempel 2 are faint, there’s a breakout star in the early-morning sky that’s cracked naked-eye visibility: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS). Recently recorded at mid-5th magnitude ...

Yesterday, the four-person Artemis 2 crew completed the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972, passing within roughly 4,067 miles of the lunar surface before turning back toward Earth. The ...

The crew was overcome with emotion as they nominated the name Carroll for a crater "in a bright spot on the Moon." ...

The Cygnus NG-24 resupply mission heads to the ISS, while SpaceX and Chinese launch providers round out a busy week.

Before wrapping up their first flight day, the crew of Artemis 2 pulled off another feat of NASA in-flight troubleshooting: fixing their broken toilet. It might not rank as NASA’s no. 1 triumph, or ...

On average, a planetary nebula should remain visible for some 25,000 years before its shell of gas becomes invisible.