The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again spotted a distant exoplanet that I have exactly zero interest in ...

He cited the astronomical gaffe in January, when The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., announced the discovery of an ...

The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for.

Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth.

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim has returned to Earth after an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station. He ...

Astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

A massive sunspot cluster, reminiscent of the infamous Carrington Event, has emerged on the sun's surface, sparking intrigue ...