Stargazers can see clusters of shooting stars and planets lighting up the California night sky in May. Stunning streams of comet dust will dash across the sky when the Eta Aquarid meteor shower ...

NASA's topline funding could be slashed by 24% and its science budget by 47% after what experts describe as a "destructive ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

A moon that resembles an iconic, fictional space station known to destroy planets may be a home for life beyond Earth.

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on ...

A Sandia National Laboratories scientist has demonstrated how infrasound technology can improve planetary defense against ...

Pieces of debris coming from a famous comet are expected to appear fast as they leave glowing trails across the sky early ...

A new space telescope is mapping the sky in 102 colors — and it may just rewrite our understanding of the universe.

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a haunting rock formation on Mars that looks unsettlingly like a skull. Dubbed "Skull Hill," the jet-black outcrop is so bizarre and out of place that even ...

Vesta might be a shattered remnant of an early planet, not a failed one—forcing scientists to rethink how worlds begin.

Skinny” funding prioritizes a focus on Moon and Mars missions over science and projects characterized as “grossly expensive.” ...

A budget proposal released on May 2 includes not only cuts to NASA's science budget, but an early end to its SLS moon rocket.