NASA confirms three Mercury retrograde periods in 2026, explaining the phenomenon as an optical illusion. Get the key dates and learn about the associated effects on communication, travel, and ...

Stargazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA. Mercury, Venus ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced sweeping changes to the Artemis program on Friday morning, including an increased ...

Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye; Uranus and Neptune with binoculars or a telecscope.

The mission’s goals have changed, and Artemis 4 will be the first lunar landing attempt. Four missions are tentatively ...

NASA on Friday announced an abrupt change to its pathway to getting astronauts back on the lunar surface, opting to add in an additional crewed test flight before attempting to land.

The shake-up in the flight lineup and push for a faster pace came just two days after NASA’s new moon rocket returned to its ...

Now that it's no longer set to be the moon-landing mission, the new goal of Artemis III is to launch into low-Earth orbit, ...

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, rolls from its launch ...

What is a planetary retrograde? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across the sky.

NASA said Friday it’s adding an extra moon mission by Artemis astronauts before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a ...