The Psyche mission, launched in October 2023, is heading for Asteroid 16 Psyche in the outer part of the main asteroid belt, but just managed a strategic flyby of Mars.

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May ...

As July begins, three planets adorn the early evening sky. Look toward the northwest and you'll see Venus. The planet shines ...

Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

Saturn dominates the predawn sky, while Mars is rising earlier each day. The Red Planet is still a bit challenging — can you ...

Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is currently en route to a small, metal-rich asteroid near Jupiter. However, the barely 3,600-pound ...

NASA’s Psyche snapped images as it flew by Mars last week. The spacecraft used the planet’s gravity to give itself a boost on ...

Right now, a spacecraft named Psyche is headed to its namesake asteroid, 16 Psyche. The theory is that 16 Psyche, which lies ...

Now in Cancer, the Moon is not far from M44, the Beehive Cluster. Check out this lovely open cluster with binoculars or a ...

Last fall, a Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars captured images of a comet from another star system, offering scientists a ...