The space-based glass samples were examined using neutrons, X-rays, and powerful microscopes and could be used in optical ...

Thanks to human ingenuity and zero gravity, we reap important benefits from science in space. Consider smart phones with ...

To travel inwards, spacecraft need to lose speed, and that means using planets’ gravity and accurate burns to be in the right ...

The thrusters of Mercury-bound spacecraft BepiColombo are operating at less than full capacity, and operators are racing to ...

BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft's thrusters ...

The BepiColombo mission is planned to be only the second to orbit Mercury. The MTM will be discarded just before orbit ...

Four astronauts will participate in a welcome home ceremony at Space Center Houston after recently returning from a mission aboard the International Space Station.

For more than five years, a pair of spacecraft have been traveling through the solar system to reach the innermost planet ...

The XRISM mission has revealed crucial data about the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 4151, enhancing ...

Japan partnership for their joint moon mission, Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX), is likely to take flight in a few ...

The Artemis IV mission progresses with major components being assembled for the Gateway space station in Turin, Italy. This ...

Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA plan to operate an instrument on an X-ray astronomy ...