This month's viewing tips for Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. When's the best time to observe the destination of NASA's next ...

NASA has released the clearest images ever compiled of Earth’s magnetosphere radiation belt. But the spacecraft that ...

For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

The European Space Agency's Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft tested its Jovian Energetic Neutrals and Ions (JENI ...

If it does survive the trek into interstellar space, it won't be the first to get there. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both ...

Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own ...

Astrobiologists have wondered if simple, microbial life could exist on Ceres, the closest frozen ocean world to Earth at an ...

The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...

Fie on a chiropodist and a podiatrist, Bill Birnes is a ­ufologist. Ph.D. from NYU, he claims outer space stuff is flying ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made a captivating discovery in the area of planets beyond Earth. A unique planet named 55 Cancri e has been discovered, situated around 41 light-years away ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...