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Once they land on the Moon, the crew of NASA’s Artemis IV mission will have no more than 32 hours total to step out and explore its surface. During those moments when the astronauts are walking on ...

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This year, June 21 marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, the beginning of summer. At this moment in Earth's journey around the Sun, our planet is positioned so that the north pole is ...

The rays extending from Tycho crater, one of the most visible craters on the Moon, are longer than those around Mercury’s Hokusai crater. They span more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles), over 40% of ...

Saturn’s rings are one of the most beautiful sights in the Solar System, but most of us have no idea what they look like up close. The most famous pictures of the rings are from hundreds of millions ...

An extinction-level event can be thought of as a sudden, external calamity wiping out a given species. For the dinosaurs, it was the Chicxulub impactor. For NASA’s science program, it very well may be ...

Only days after NASA launched astronauts to the Moon for the first time in decades, the White House’s budgeting office announced a plan to reduce NASA’s workforce by thousands and cancel over 50 NASA ...

After facing monumental challenges in 2025, NASA and the space science community have now landed in 2026 with a Senate-confirmed Administrator, a full budget, and a full calendar of events. This is a ...

This is your one-stop space exploration and astronomy calendar for 2026: from mission launches and space exploration milestones to celestial events and exciting changes in our Solar System, it’s all ...

This is good news for donors since most taxpayers don’t itemize their taxes. Beginning in 2026, individuals who do not itemize deductions may claim a cash gift deduction of up to $1,000 for single ...

Whether you follow space news or have just caught recent media headlines, you’ve likely heard of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. This visitor from the great beyond zoomed into the astronomical ...