Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

If venusian clouds contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us ...

The simple answer is that Saturn’s rings do cast shadows on the planet’s surface! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings ...

A stunning Blood Moon March 13/14 caps off plenty of planetary action and sparkling stars in the sky this week.

The short answer is that you would weigh roughly one-sixth your Earth weight on the Moon — we also can figure this out for ...

Friday's test of the spacecraft diverted, rerouted, and delayed flights in Florida and reportedly as far north as ...

A sideways and off-target landing has brought Intuitive Machines’ lunar mission to an early end — the second such mishap for ...

A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.

A total lunar eclipse occurs this month. Venus transitions from evening to morning, while Mars and Jupiter dominate the late ...

Simulated stellar explosions show that massive early stars could have created plentiful water for future stars and planets to ...