While Jupiter itself may seem like an inhospitable gas giant, its numerous moons offer some of the most promising,and ...

A lunar crater, immortalized in one of the most famous photos ever taken, is playing a key role in the search for ...

Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, hurtling through the solar system ...

Venus and Jupiter will meet in a conjunction in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 12. Here's everything you need to ...

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

NASA launched the uncrewed Europa Clipper in October 2024 from Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a far-reaching journey to one of Jupiter's many moons, where water is believed ...

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

American space agency NASA says it used the gravity assist maneuver the Europa Clipper conducted back in March to test the ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers away." ...

Scientists have found strong evidence of a giant gas planet in the nearest star system to our own. At four-and-a-half light ...