The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...

NASA is introducing a groundbreaking technology, the Lunar PlanetVac (LPV), which will change how scientists collect and ...

In January 2025, skywatchers can enjoy a rare historic planet parade as four planets—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—align ...

2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few ...

A proposed industrial complex by AES Andes near the Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert could devastate the area's world-renowned dark skies. Celebrated for its vital role in major ...

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around the bend in 2025. Several companies will attempt moon ...