A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a rare perspective of the red planet along the way. The Psyche mission, ...

Jupiter’s storms aren’t just gigantic — they may unleash lightning far more powerful than anything on Earth. Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists discovered that some lightning bolts on the gas ...

The moon glows with the Beehive Cluster on May 21, as a trio of planets form up in the evening sky.

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 ...

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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to gain speed on its journey toward a strange metal-rich asteroid deep in the ...

TESS has released its most complete view of the sky over Earth, revealing the location of 6,000 potential worlds beyond the ...

A delicate crescent moon pairs with brilliant Venus after sunset Monday, creating one of May 2026’s easiest and most ...

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

On May 15, 2026, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft tore past Mars at roughly 12,333 mph, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet’s ...

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 ...