Taking off no earlier than October 10, the spacecraft will repeatedly buzz Europa in search of water, energy and organic compounds.

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It will eventually break free of the planet’s gravitational orbit. Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there ...

For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet. During this interstellar layover, the space rock will likely become a “temporary mini ...

NASA hopes to launch the Europa Clipper mission. It will then spend the next five years travelling 628.3 million kilometers ...

Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) stock rocketed 7.6% through 10:25 a.m. ET Monday. The small-cap space stock announced this morning that it has been "selected" to participate in NASA's "Commercial SmallSat ...

On Friday, NASA named Planet Labs as one of eight companies participating in its Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program. The eight companies will share in a four-year contract worth up to ...

Stargazers are in for a celestial surprise this autumn. A small asteroid is set to be captured by Earth's gravitational pull, ...

But it will be a satellite of the Earth, or at least until Nov. 25, when it will slip out of our planet’s gravitational grasp ...

Venus shines bright after sunset, the giant planets rise before midnight, and Mars shines before dawn. Plus, catch Comet ...