Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

For decades, astronomers have classified exoplanets into neat categories: rocky Earth-like planets, gas giants like Jupiter, ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

There are multiple factors driving the excitement and scientific investment in space travel — our innate urge to know the ...

Central Texas-based Firefly Aerospace ended its first moon mission on Sunday after its Blue Ghost lander was cast into ...

A team of Abu Dhabi scientists has developed artificial moon dust, derived from the UAE's natural resources, to help lay the ...

There were cheers, high-fives, and hugs inside a Texas control room, when a moon lander hit its mark earlier this month. A ...

A NASA spacecraft far from Earth has made an unexpected discovery, after turning its instruments towards a dark patch of sky ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, ...

Researchers trained a machine-learning model to detect onshore wind turbines and utility-scale solar farms in quarterly, high ...