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

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

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