Discover the incredible story of NASA's New Horizons mission, from its 2006 launch aboard an Atlas V rocket to its historic ...

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

New calculations show Jupiter has been gradually shrinking, and researchers conclude that the planet was once significantly larger than it is today. According to Live Science, scientists determined ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

January doesn’t skimp on cosmic sightseeing. The month begins with a vibrant supermoon, continues with the year’s best Jupiter view, and ends with multiple moon-planet conjunctions. Aurora activity ...

Io orbits so close to Jupiter that gravity alone reshapes its entire surface. Instead of cooling over time, the moon is constantly heated from within, driving relentless volcanic activity. Some ...

What just happened? There have been plenty of reports in recent times about near-misses of low Earth orbit satellites – most of them belonging to Starlink. In 2026, Elon Musk's company hopes to reduce ...

Starlink will begin lowering the orbit of its satellite constellation in 2026, moving spacecraft currently operating at around 342 miles (550 km) down to 298 miles, as the company seeks to improve ...

An image of Starlink-35956, a satellite that suffered an in-orbit anomaly Dec. 17, confirming the spacecraft was largely intact despite generating hundreds of pieces of debris. Credit: Vantor ...

Starlink will lower the orbits of roughly 4,400 satellites this year as a safety measure, according to engineering VP, Michael Nicolls. In a post on X, Nicolls wrote that the company is "beginning a ...

Kicking off the new calendar this month is a tasty opportunity to see Jupiter and its four largest moons with the naked eye. On January 10th, generally across the US time zones, Jupiter will crest the ...