NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on ...

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, ...

The Artemis II mission is part of NASA’s plan to resume deep-space exploration. In the Artemis I flight in 2022, an SLS ...

A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Defender and 1st Battalion 10th Marines fly aboard a U.K Royal Air Force A400 aircraft with a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during an exercise at an undisclosed ...

Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

It wasn’t until the ‘90s that our astronomical powers advanced enough to confirm the existence of worlds around other stars.

NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic shield that protects our solar system — to better understand this ...

Scientists believe life may exist in Enceladus' subsurface ocean. Now, a new ESA mission will send spacecraft to the moon to ...

The Europa Clipper cost is estimated to be around $5 billion. This mission aims to investigate Europa’s potential for ...