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

Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may ...

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

Scientific groups like SETI have sketched out plans for first contact protocols, but both scientists and governments need to ...

This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

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An artist's concept of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech The Margaret Jones Wyllie '45 Engineering Program evans-aeros ...

Want to hear a real mind-bender? The rings of Saturn are super young. That is, by cosmic standards. While our solar system as ...

Imagine a future where deep space explorers send high-definition video messages from the surface of Mars, or where scientific ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus also beckon as ...

The “Cosmic Colada” comes served in a souvenir glass shaped like an alien head. It’s the perfect way to remember your visit, ...