In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch missions aimed at finding habitable worlds,

What: A forward-looking SETI Live discussion examining the most significant space science missions, discoveries, and observational opportunities anticipated in 2026.

"Today, we sent funding bills to the president's desk that reject the steep cuts he wanted and protect investments that families across America depend on every day."

NASA’s Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon for the first time since Apollo, testing deep-space systems and leadership skills that could determine how soon humans return to the lunar surface.

A look at how the space race evolved in 2025, key missions that slipped, and why 2026 is looking to be a banner year for lunar and commercial spaceflight.

In a world that often measures itself in days, years, decades and centuries, a second seems insignificant. But a lot can happen in an instant. It takes a lightning bolt just 30 microseconds to strike a tree or a house, for example. When you touch something ...

The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion. The lower right panel displays the deep-sea topography ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not separate civilian and military space operations.

The International Space Station is the largest space outpost ever built, but it's not the only one up there and there a more on the way soon.