A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...

NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, took a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth with an ultraviolet ...

Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockwave reached the star’s surface, it punched through, ...

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace ...

The 24-hour darkness during the winter near the Poles can disrupt sleep – this is how the people who live there cope.

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images ...

"In these environments of neutron stars, the magnetic fields are really at the limits of what the universe can produce." ...

Her body of work is a fascinating intersection of painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture, where she is known for ...

There is more space junk in Earth's orbit now than ever before. And this growing problem is creating an increasingly hazardous environment for operational spacecraft and satellites. Space junk ...

The cascading effect may continue until Earth’s orbit is so clogged with junk that satellites become inoperable and space exploration must come to a grinding halt. Russia, for example ...