Countless shadowed craters line the terminator all the way down to the moon's southern pole, while the 54-mile-wide (87 km) ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...

China's Tianwen-2 mission, launched on May 28, 2025, aims to collect samples from the quasi-satellite asteroid 469219 ...

A team of scientists may finally have the answer. The study suggests that the moon’s magnetic rocks could be the result of a ...

China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

Starting June 30, 2025, all car seats sold in the U.S. must meet new federal safety standards aimed at improving protection during side-impact collisions. The curious minds at What If investigate how ...

The mission builds on lessons from ispace’s previous lunar attempt in 2023, with upgraded systems for improved reliability and precision in navigation and landing.

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, will pass by Earth on May 24. It is about the size of the Eiffel Tower. The asteroid will travel ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...