In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

What Is a Magnetosphere? A magnetosphere is the region surrounding a planet that is dominated by its magnetic field. While ...

On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the ...

NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day ...

Outer space is infinite, but that hasn’t stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to ...

The science of the sun and its effects on the solar system is a sprawling discipline that expects a very exciting 2025 ...

Europa Clipper, which launched in October 2024, will get an energy boost around March 2025 when it flies by Mars, one of our ...

Scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from. But two populations of so-called dark comets may tell us.

After a spectacular 2024, which featured a year of wonder in the skies, including a total solar eclipse and rare sightings of the northern lights, 2025 is set to bring even more astronomical events.

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...