In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

The “NOM4D” project will undoubtedly be a boon for the nascent private space sector, but it could also have real strategic ...

Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18). An Electron vehicle carrying the first "Gen-3" satellite for the geospatial intelligence ...

Imagine a field of solar panels floating silently in the endless day of Earth’s orbit. Unlike their terrestrial cousins, this ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured a "tube of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun’s magnetic field," according ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the spacecraft captured the imagery. Credit: Space.com | footage & orbit animation cou ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...

Various incredible natural phenomena exist across Earth's surface. Rare and unexpected natural wonders occasionally become ...