Artemis II will test the life control systems on the Orion spacecraft and, if all goes well, take a trip around the Moon.
From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with Artemis 2 and beyond.
A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life.
Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds.
The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they have rehabilitated. Using satellite tracking devices in a collaboration between the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, scientists are learning how well sea turtles can survive in the wild after losing a limb. Amelie, a Kemp's ridley sea turtle who lost her right forelimb to a predator — most likely a shark, the center said — was taken to the
Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to have the geological process.
Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, thanks to an innovative AI program.
The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at sunset tomorrow.
Canada has canceled its first-ever moon rover mission, which had been targeted to land near the lunar south pole in 2029.
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending long ago from gray wolves - though precisely when, where and