The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

"Pale Blue Dot" – one of the last photos taken by Voyager 1 – is still the most distant image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl ...

In his book, Sagan wrote: "The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet.

Make time soon to head outside after the sun sets and study the sky. Five of the brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mars, ...

Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

On the 10th (local time), the launch of the private spacecraft company SpaceX's "Falcon 9" rocket caused a trail of launch ...

Don Pettit’s been snapping away in orbit again. This time, the NASA astronaut has captured a stunning image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station (ISS) . It also features Earth and ...

Five years ago, NASA provided an updated version of the Pale Blue Dot. JPL engineer Kevin M Gill reprocessed the image with ...

It might be hard spotting Venus on Valentine's Day because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best month to see it.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...