Since NASA's Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit in July 2016 and began transmitting image data, the world has gotten ...

As we enter the penultimate month of 2024, NASA has shared some spectacular images from across the universe and closer to ...

NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft captured the image at left, an approximation of Mercury’s true color as might be seen by the human eye, on Oct. 6, 2008. On May 9, 2016, Mercury passed directly between the ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

A comet is defined as an icy body that is small in size and can develop a ‘tail’ of gas as it approaches the Sun from the outer Solar System. The key traits of a comet are its nucleus, coma, and tail.

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff is set to open its new 40,000-square-foot, $53 million Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center on Saturday, Nov. 16. The ribbon-cutting is set for 10:30 a.m. and ...

Aptera Motors, based in San Diego, CA, has just successfully completed its first low-speed function test of its fully ...