From lunar water hunts to Mars sample returns, China's space program is embarking on groundbreaking missions across the solar ...

New York and New Jersey have another chance to see a rare comet, as the October 2024 supermoon appears for the next few days.

See eight of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

Social media influencers claim “moon face,” a round, puffy face that comes with the use of steroids, can be caused by ...

The full moon in October is also known as the “hunter’s moon” because it marks the beginning of the hunting season, signaling ...

Axiom Space and Prada unveiled a spacesuit for NASA's Artemis III, which will be the agency's first mission to the moon's ...

The new Photographic Atlas of the Moon by Robert Reeves is perfect for both armchair astronauts and amateur observers using a ...

The Full Hunter's Moon of October 2024 will join Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the night sky on Thursday (Oct. 17), and you can ...

It was magnificent,” Wallitis said. “So bright and so large! It rose above the trees in a matter of several seconds and I’m ...

NASA astronauts will venture to the coldest realms of the moon — the dark craters of the lunar south pole. "Some deep craters ...

The space suits that the Artemis 3 astronauts will wear on their mission to the Moon have been revealed. The futuristic ...