This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As deep-space probes continue to explore throughout the solar system and beyond, scientists on the ...

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

WASHINGTON — A 1,323-pound NASA probe that has been in space for 14 years is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Space Force and NASA. The timing of Van ...

NASA has shut down a science instrument on Voyager 1 to extend the aging space probe's life as it ventures nearly 16 billion ...

A pair of space probes cruising the solar system may be able to pass through the tail of the mysterious Manhattan-sized comet hurtling towards Earth — but only if the scientists operating them act ...

Two NASA radiation probes are poised to launch into orbit early Friday (Aug. 23) on a mission to explore some of the harshest, most hazardous regions of space, the Van Allen Belts. Although scientists ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main asteroid belt. The second in China's interplanetary exploration program ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? The picture ...