Space

An exoplanet (a term which simply means a planet in another solar system) like WASP-127b is one of the last places you'd expect to...

For non-astronomers, it's easy to imagine that the edge of the solar system is simply the point where nothing is orbiting around the...

A typical spacecraft is large, bulky, and extremely expensive. A CubeSat is not a typical spacecraft.CubeSats are a fairly new and...

When the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, a scientific agency that studies Earth's oceans and skies)...

As the Hubble Space Telescope frequently surveys the observable universe, it likes to remind us how frequently galaxies seem to...

The Dawn spacecraft first made a pass around the dwarf planet Ceres in 2015, and its findings were fascinating enough that NASA...

It seems like astronomers get to explore all the cool mysteries: What black holes look like, how big the Milky Way is, whether an...

Staring up at the moon on a clear night is generally a very cool and calming experience, but according to a group of scientists, the...

Both Jupiter and Saturn have lots of moons, and some of them like Europa could possibly support life. But they're hindered greatly by...

Dunes on another planet may not seem like an especially important find, but they actually only appear under specific conditions. "Lots...

Does any natural force endure more in the human psyche than the Sun? For purposes both practical and spiritual, pragmatic and social,...

For all its wonders and mysteries just waiting to be discovered, outer space has no pizza. And that is deeply unfortunate.It's...

Some of the wonders of the universe look like the Ant Nebula: giant, iridescent patterns splashed across the face of the void....

If NASA can spot a tiny exoplanet millions of miles away just by catching the momentary dip in brightness as it passes in front of a...

The number of objects orbiting the sun just increased by 50 percent, thanks to a group of scientists who just discovered 838 minor...

China's been working on a sizable new space station for several years, and assuming they don't run into more space station troubles...

While William Shatner is best known for portraying daring space captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, he has a tendency to end up in...

Do you think you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Are you no-nonsense and good at working alone? Because that won't help...

Alan Bean, an Apollo astronaut and artist who counted himself among the very few humans to ever walk on the Moon, has passed away this...

Astronomers around the world have been amping their search for planets in distant solar systems (especially NASA, who has the...