Voyager 1, launched in 1977, remains the most distant spacecraft ever built by humanity. Now traveling through interstellar space beyond the heliopause, the probe continues sending back valuable data ...

NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered ...

On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

On 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This was the first time anyone had seen Jupiter’s ...

Mission control rooms are usually shown as loud places, full of pointing fingers and ringing alarms. The truth is often calmer. A lot of real space work looks ...

Commentary: A report shows more than 10,000 workers with doctorates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or ...

New spacecraft data from Pioneer, Voyager and Juno show that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates, refining the planet’s measured size and shape.

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country’s national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented ...

Early in his first administration, President Trump boldly declared that the United States would return to the moon. The Space ...

A steady stream of particles forms a huge bubble around the Sun. Now, such a structure has been found around a Sun-like star ...

Today is Thursday, March 5, the 64th day of 2026. There are 301 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 5, 1770, ...