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A 9th planet in our solar system might be found — and no, it’s not Pluto - Is there another planet out there? Researchers say ...

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly ...

In 2015, a rare moment of U.S. congressional unity passed the Space Act — to mine asteroids as if they were open seams of ore and harvest planets like unclaimed ...

A newly released image of the sun captured by the world's largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in ...

NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...

The Dragonfly quadcopter will soar through Titan’s hazy skies and roam its dune seas in search of evidence that the distant ...

Old-school sci-fi shows, such as the classic Doctor Who and The Twilight Zone, laid the groundwork for modern sci-fi and ...

Before Perseverance was launched, NASA equipped it with nine bits: one for Martian soil, two for removing the dust-covered ...

Why power-generation systems in outer space are important. Generating electricity at nighttime using renewable resources has ...