What does an ancient lava tube in the Canary Islands have in common with space exploration? For our robotics teams, it turns ...

The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.

The European PULSAR research project, conducted between 2022 and 2024, has disclosed the conceptual design for a plutonium-238 (Pu-238)-fuelled ...

NASA JPL is diving into an eventful 2025 with ambitious space missions despite challenges like the Eaton Fire. Exciting ...

Venturi Astrolab's Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover protoype has been tested on the desert sands of Death Valley in California. Credit: Venturi Astrolab ...

Exciting advances in space exploration are underway as NASA tests revolutionary shape memory alloy (SMA) spring tires ...

China plans to land humans on the moon by 2030. See animations of the crew on the moon with a lander and rover. Credit: China ...

The Moon and asteroids are at the top of the mission list for a number of agencies, while others will focus on exploration to ...

Earth’s nearest neighbors will be on display in the night sky and inside the Cincinnati Observatory during Nearest Neighbors Night on Saturday, February 1. This event will focus on the three celestial ...

Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...