2025 Will Be an Exciting Year for Space Missions
Updated: 2024-12-31 14:00:00
From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
Solar Probe Survives Record-Breaking Closest Ever Encounter With Sun
Updated: 2024-12-27 18:00:00Astrophysicists now await a data transmission that will improve understanding of the sun's solar wind and the heat of its corona.Astronomers Use JWST To Study a Rare Asteroid-Comet Hybrid Named “Chiron”
Updated: 2024-12-27 14:00:00Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during the solar system’s formation.How to spot Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
Updated: 2024-12-18 17:44:00Catch this once-in-a-lifetime comet over the next few weeks.Anniversaries abound
Updated: 2024-12-13 15:30:00Hubble, Chandra, OPAL, and XXM-Newton are all celebrating milestones by sharing amazing images and discoveries.Tech funded by Planetary Society launches to the Moon next month
Updated: 2024-12-12 08:00:00A spacecraft trying to land on the Moon will carry PlanetVac, the lunar dustbuster that could change how we explore other worlds.Your impact: December solstice 2024
Updated: 2024-12-09 15:01:00Searching for ET and encouraging young minds.The year in pictures
Updated: 2024-12-09 15:01:00The sights of space from the past 12 months.Mars’ enduring role in the search for life
Updated: 2024-12-09 15:01:00New discoveries underscore why we must keep exploring the red planet.Best in show
Updated: 2024-12-06 15:30:00The winners of the Best of 2024 are here! Plus, look back on two years of sharing space over the radiowaves and help pick a new name for a quasi-moon.The best of 2024
Updated: 2024-12-04 15:30:00The winners of our annual campaign to pick the best of the best from the last year of space exploration.