A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to support contemporary life.

As lunar missions increase, scientists warn that spacecraft exhaust may contaminate sensitive regions of the moon faster than expected.

The maneuver was scheduled for much earlier but was delayed on account of lower-than-expected thrust during burn attempts.

Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of Earthly life, according to a recent study. The pollution could unfold rapidly regardless of a spacecraft's touchdown site;

Bad news for those hoping interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft as technosignature search turns up empty.

The European Space Agency recently inaugurated the New Norcia 3, a 115-foot deep-space antenna located in Western Australia.

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into one dazzling mosaic. Half a year after first opening its eyes to the cosmos, NASA 's SPHEREx spacecraft has unveiled its first complete, all-sky mosaic of the universe.

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.

Here's a brief rundown of 12 of 2025's most memorable mishaps. One caveat first, though: There is no shame in being on the following list. Spaceflight is hard, and coming up short sometimes is part of the deal. It took SpaceX four tries to reach orbit for the first time, after all, and look at where the company is today.

On 1968, NASA launched the seventh and final Surveyor spacecraft on a mission to explore the moon. Like its six predecessors, Surveyor 7 was a robotic spacecraft sent to demonstrate the feasibility of doing soft landings on the moon.