Space

A commercial robotic lander developed by the Japanese company ispace is scheduled to land on the moon at approximately 12:40 p.m. EDT (1640 UTC) Tuesday, attempting to make history as the first privately-funded enterprise to achieve a controlled touchdown on the lunar surface.

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NASA selected three winners out of nine finalists in the second annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for elementary through high school students featuring the power of radioisotopes for space exploration.

Astronomers witnessed a young Jupiter-size planet as it carves out spiral-shaped cavities in the disk of planet-birthing gas and dust that surrounds its parent star.

The United Arab Emirates “Hope” probe is now making repeated close flybys of the martian moon Deimos – and snapping spectacular pictures.

Astronomers are hot on the search for new exoplanets — planets that lie beyond our solar system — which might show potential for sustaining life.

NASA is investigating some sensor trouble on one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments as the deep-space observatory continues work.

Writer Andy Diggle and artist Rubine discuss their new Boom! Studios series, “The Expanse: Dragon Tooth.”

After years of anticipation, SpaceX launched the first test flight of its full-scale Starship rocket Thursday from South Texas, but the mission ended four minutes later as the vehicle veered out of control and self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico following multiple engine failures.

Rapper Post Malone asked NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg about they joys of seeing our beautiful but fragile planet from above.