A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit.

Catch Jupiter low early in the month, then enjoy Mercury and Mars in the evenings. Saturn, Neptune, and Venus shine in the ...

Venus dominates the dawn sky. She reaches greatest western elongation, 46 degrees ahead of the rising sun, on June 1, and ...

If you’re a night owl, this is the perfect time of year for you, as stargazing has now become a late-night delight! Catch an ...

Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...

If you’re a night owl, this is the perfect time of year for you, as stargazing has now become a late-night delight! Catch an ...

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning and is ...

NASA's new mission «Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere» (PUNCH), which includes 4 small spacecraft in low Earth orbit, has made the fir ...

Choosing a landing site involves complex trade-offs between scientific interest, terrain safety and Sun exposure. The lunar south pole ... was intended to orbit the Moon and map the form, abundance ...