NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth ...

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

Rovers explore distant planets for decades, where humans can't yet go. Here's how NASA sends updates to these rovers from miles away to keep them running.

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

The previously untold story of the docking system’s reinvention helps explain how Musk and SpaceX built a culture that ...

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets redirected as narrow beams, confined by powerful magnetic fields. The jets ...

The pilots will have five chances to snag the capsule in midair. Military pilots were unavailable for a mission that required ...

Cedar Street Partners’ Jonathan Curtis talks after La Cañada Flintridge gave up its legal fight over the firm’s proposed ...