While our solar system is a fascinating place on its own, exoplanets are even more of a mystery. And one exoplanet in ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field instrument scientist. “We [will] detect hundreds of millions of galaxies to ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark ... according to NASA officials. “‘Planet parades’ are common — we had one back ...

While not a detection of life itself, this study shows that the Solar System may have ... and this one’s a real doozy. After close examination of the unspoiled sample, NASA and other scientists ...

“We think this is a so-called super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star at a distance that would lie between the orbits of Venus and Earth if it were in our solar system,” Terry said. NASA ...

In a worrying move, NASA has paused the work of several astrophysics and planetary science committees as it works to figure out where those groups stand following numerous executive orders issued ...

From realistic NASA-based shuttles to fun lunar playsets ... If you'd prefer to leave our solar system behind and travel to a galaxy far far away, then we'd recommend taking a look at our guide ...

“NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system,” Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission ...