The lander built by Firefly Aerospace has captured incredible views as it orbits Earth. Its next phase is an engine burn that will propel it toward lunar orbit ...
An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of ...
An instrument created by a team at the University of New Hampshire was recently installed onto a spacecraft that is preparing ...
WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...
A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...
Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...
Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...
NASA has shared details of what to look out for in the night sky this month, with the moon appearing alongside a parade of planets.
HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...
What Causes the Northern Lights? The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are among the most captivating ...
It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that ...
Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...