NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Team X is suggesting major changes to the proposed Orbilander mission to Enceladus.

On April 25, the early morning sky treated stargazers to an extraordinary sight—a celestial smiley face formed by the rare alignment of Venus, Saturn, and the crescent Moon. This breathtaking event ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

Modern astronomers now have an advanced understanding of many of the objects in the night sky, and have even determined that ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon will form a smile-like pattern before sunrise on April 25 — a charming cosmic illusion.

Scientists have known for a while that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has rivers and seas of liquid methane on its surface.

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and ...

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...