Copernicus proved the Earth and other planets orbit the sun, challenging centuries of belief and risking persecution for sharing his heliocentric view.

The NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), along with secondary payloads, is scheduled to launch aboard a Falcon 9 on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the ...

NASA announced the 2025 class of astronauts, and it includes someone who already is a record-breaking astronaut.

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get ...

Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its ...

Alpha Centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri A, is a three-star system. The brightest star, Alpha Centauri A, is quite ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

Earth has a new friend — and it's been waiting for us to notice it for decades. In a new study published in the journal ...

A team of scientists has detected a colossal geological anomaly, a massive and mysterious change that took place nearly 2,900 kilometers deep, right at the boundary between the Earth’s mantle and the ...

According to a press release, the new facility in Bengaluru is equipped with cutting-edge technology for satellite rendezvous and docking tests. It is the biggest commercial test site for on-orbit ...

Spiral arms are crowded regions of space filled with stars, dust, and gas. As the solar system traveled through them, ...