To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

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

See Jupiter's “frosted cupcake” clouds in this 3D rendering created using data from NASA's Juno mission. It's the first time images captured by the visible-light camera aboard the spacecraft, called ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Five years ago, NASA provided an updated version of the Pale Blue Dot. JPL engineer Kevin M Gill reprocessed the image with modern tools but following the original approach, even receiving inputs from ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, and the most famous aspect of this gas giant (other than its size) is the ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

NASA and the European Space Agency's Webb Space Telescope will observe this near-Earth asteroid in March before the object ...

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

The IGNIS project, a collaboration with Australian universities, will use sensors to provide a “3D view inside a thundercloud ...