Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans groundbreaking missions in 2026, targeting the Moon, Mars and advanced space science.

ESA’s 2026 space missions will take Europe to new heights. From lunar flybys and asteroid studies to Mercury orbit and advanced satellite launches, this year promises groundbreaking discoveries in ...

The analysis concluded that the decay heat from these radioactive elements could support the life activities of more than ...

Since its discovery in 1610 by Galileo, the rings of Saturn have enchanted us for centuries. Remarkably, we've visited Saturn before. Stunning photographs taken from the Cassini space probe have ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

NASA’s Carruthers mission will film Earth’s elusive exosphere to understand space weather, atmospheric escape, and planetary habitability. A NASA mission aims to photograph a feature of Earth that is ...

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing ...

Genesis Space Flight Laboratories launches its Microgravity Research Rideshare Program, making it easier and more affordable ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight, just wait until 2026. Here's a look at six missions that could define the year.