Their title could be mistaken for the latest installment in the Marvel franchise - but unlike the movies, a Hollywood ending is far from guaranteed. The “Planetary Guardians” - a new collective of ...

NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office sounds like something out of a disaster movie, but its work is far more ...

A coalition led by the Planetary Society has voiced its support for Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's pick to lead ...

On December 6th, Odyssey Moon, the first team to complete registration for the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE, will unveil its plans to land the first private robotic mission on the Moon. The Planetary ...

The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar south pole, and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced today that it is providing a critical onboard ...

For in depth coverage of Huygens at Titan and the Cassini mission, including the first sounds from an alien moon, visit The Planetary Society’s website at http ...

Europe’s spacetech elite are making their final preparations for a groundbreaking meeting with an asteroid. A spacecraft called Hera — named after the Greek goddess of marriage — will make the ...

If a large asteroid is ever found to be on a direct collision course with Earth, we currently have one tried-and-tested technology that, if further developed, could save us from its potentially ...

A small CubeSat designed to investigate atmospheric processes on Venus has been recently chosen by NASA for further development. The spacecraft, known as the CubeSat UV Experiment (CUVE), is one of 10 ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Maryland-led mission proposal know as Comet Hopper has been chosen to compete for final selection as a new planetary mission in NASA's Discovery Program. The team will ...