The upcoming annular solar eclipse will be the first since 2024. During the event, the moon's shadow will carve a path 383 miles (616 kilometers) wide and 2,661 miles (4,282 kilometers) long across ...

A Duke University graduate is an astronaut candidate with NASA. Anna Menon has previously been on a mission with Space X, and now she's in the middle of a two-year training program to prepare her for ...

The icy solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) is set to make its closest pass of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 17), an event known to astronomers as perigee. But your ability to see the ancient wanderer ...

Astronomers do not know where thousands of “city-killer” asteroids are, Nasa ’s head of planetary defence has admitted. Dr ...

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission faces a new issue after a rocket test uncovered an issue with ground support equipment that ...

The museum hosts “Fly Days,” where Greg and his older brother, Alan, who is the museum director of operations and maintenance, fly the warbirds to the delight of visitors. They are the only pilots ...

Cockeysville native and mission commander Reid Wiseman will lead NASA's Artemis II mission, traveling farther from Earth than humans have ever gone before.

NASA recently announced that it will now allow astronauts to bring their smartphones into space. This will enable crew ...

Astronomy and commercial space are often portrayed as being on a collision course, yet their futures are deeply intertwined. As satellite constellations expand, astronomers raise concerns about trails ...

The first crewed mission of the Artemis program won’t land on the moon, but it aims to take four astronauts farther from the ...

In ancient Arabic, the three stars were collectively referred to as Al Nijad (“The Belt”), Al Alkat (“The Golden Grains or Nuts”), Al Nasak (“The Line”). In modern Arabic, they’re known as Al Mizan al ...