Solar System

A SpaceX rocket will slam into the moon this August. Will we be able to see it?

By Leonard David published 25 June 26

A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is set to impact the moon this August, but experts aren't sure if the crash will be visible from Earth.

Summer solstice seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 25, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published 25 June 26

Just after the summer solstice, a European weather satellite managed to capture a striking image of this celestial moment from space.

What time is it on the moon? The US and China disagree

By Tom Brown published 25 June 26

Why making lunar standard time is in everyone's best interests.

3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth

By Kiona N. Smith published 25 June 26

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain."

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

By Chelsea Gohd published 24 June 26

"Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater."

NASA looks for the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published 24 June 26

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists toward the origins of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

'Let's not fool the public': Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age

By Leonard David published 22 June 26

As NASA's Artemis program hits its stride, there's an urgent need to guard against artistic misrepresentations of the moon, experts say.

Could we actually terraform Mars? Scientists are trying to find out

By Leonard David published 22 June 26

Scientists have drawn up a research blueprint for assessing the viability of warming the Red Planet, outlining what it might take to make Mars a place in space where Earth life can thrive.

Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid

By Chelsea Gohd published 20 June 26

An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.