The conjoined spacecraft known as BepiColombo could enter orbit in November before splitting from each other in December to study the entire planet from different altitudes.
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
It’s not the first time Curiosity has spotted “polygonal fractures" but never on this scale.
A newly discovered object in a distant solar system doesn't fit neatly into the current definitions of moon or planet.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has snapped a new set of Mars photos.
It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.
NASA says that as researchers continue to study the meteorite, they'll learn new details about how water transformed primitive asteroids and shaped the early solar system.
A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United State’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.
A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa.
A star 1,300 light-years away appears to have just consumed one world and is gearing up for seconds.