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NASA's MEGANE instrument will act as 'eyeglasses' to study Phobos in JAXA's MMX mission

The origins of Mars' moons remain unclear. Could NASA's MEGANE instrument on JAXA's MMX spacecraft finally reveal whether ...
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft marks 5th launch anniversary—here’s all about the mission exploring ‘Trojan’ asteroids

Lucy is more than 550 million miles from Earth as of October 16, and it's due to make its flyby of one of the Trojan ...
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Watch: SpaceX launches and lands Falcon 9 rocket for classified U.S. Space Force mission

The Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for the USSF-481 mission that marked the ...
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LIFTOFF! SpaceX launches classified USSF-481 mission from California, sticks landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the classified USSF-481 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Space Launch Complex 4 East at ...
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October's Full Moon 2026: When and how to photograph the ‘Hunter’s Moon’

How to photograph the October 2026 Full Moon with a telescope. A telescope reveals details that are difficult to capture with a phone or a standard camera lens, including lunar cr ...