One of the greatest polymaths of all time and the archetypical Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Italy. Despite no formal education beyond elementary school-level lessons ...

Yes, groups are making plans, but addressing the trash problem on the Moon is surprisingly complex. Currently, organizations are looking at the problem through three different lenses: preservation, ...

While Comets Wierzchoś and Tempel 2 are faint, there’s a breakout star in the early-morning sky that’s cracked naked-eye visibility: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS). Recently recorded at mid-5th magnitude ...

The Orion spacecraft will be visible, if challenging, from the U.S. early on the morning of Friday, April 10. Here's how to ...

The crew was overcome with emotion as they nominated the name Carroll for a crater "in a bright spot on the Moon." ...

For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

NASA's AROW tool lets you follow the Orion spacecraft's every move — including tonight's historic lunar flyby, the first by humans since 1972.

On average, a planetary nebula should remain visible for some 25,000 years before its shell of gas becomes invisible.

Before wrapping up their first flight day, the crew of Artemis 2 pulled off another feat of NASA in-flight troubleshooting: fixing their broken toilet. It might not rank as NASA’s no. 1 triumph, or ...

The countdown has begun. The crew is ready. And barring any last-minute hiccups, four astronauts on Wednesday will begin a journey that sends them farther from Earth than any human has gone before.

NASA's Artemis 2 takes center stage this week as four astronauts prepare to become the first humans to travel to the Moon since 1972. SpaceX continues its Starlink cadence, while Russia's new Soyuz 5 ...