SKYWATCH: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery, just inside Jupiter’s orbit, of Kohoutek, a comet synonymous ...

Titan's shadow will fall on Saturn in the early hours of Sept. 20, one day before the world shines at opposition in Earth's ...

Since astronomers found the first planets outside our solar system in 1992 and the first planet around a sunlike star in 1995 ...

While the planet has been visible all month long, Saturn will be brighter and more visible this weekend as it gets closer to ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

In a once-a-year event, Saturn is about to reach opposition, with the ringed planet appearing its best and brightest as it ...

The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is the first mission focused on studying changes in the exosphere, the Earth’s outermost ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

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

Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ...

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept. 18) to see live views from the organization's robotic telescopes located ...