Missions

A team of astronomers has discovered new details of one of the strangest cosmic structures in the universe. So strange that they are literally...

In a mission that pushes the boundaries of human ingenuity and space exploration, NASA's Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for an unprecedented close encounter that's being titled as 'Touch The Sun' with the Sun this year.

Have you ever tried starting a car that’s been sitting unused for a couple of decades? There’s no guarantee that will even respond, let alone actually start up. That makes the feat NASA achieved just a few days ago even more impressive.

Although the Moon does have an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly made of hydrogen, neon, and argon. This is not a gaseous combination capable of supporting oxygen-dependent animals such as humans.

It will take thousands of years for humanity's fastest spacecraft to reach even the nearest stars.

Scientists from the Starshot Project claim to have discovered the fundamental bases to build a ship that will reach another solar system within our...

If we send a crewed spaceship to Mars right now and it lands in a large canyon and starts exploring, they'll find a massive...

 After a week of anticipation, NASA has finally released a historic Hubble Space Telescope image – and it is really stunning.To summarise, the photograph...

 As an astrophysicist, I am always struck by the fact that even the wildest science-fiction stories tend to be distinctly human in character.No matter...

45 years after its launch, NASA's Voyager 1 is still traveling beyond our Solar System. However, the veteran spacecraft is suddenly sending back unusual...