It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...

On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch ...

Fifteen years after launch, JAXA has said goodbye to the spacecraft, our only working probe around Earth's "sister planet".

There are endless ways to die down here on Earth, but if you did your dying up on Venus, your experience of death would be ...

The sulfuric acid clouds on Venus are not evenly distributed but are concentrated at altitudes between 50 to 70 kilometers in its atmosphere. The 'raw material' for these clouds comes from sulfur ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,' ...

On September 22, it was reported that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) initiated the termination procedure for the Venus Climate Orbiter 'Akatsuki' (PLANET-C) on September 18, marking the ...

Astronomy enthusiasts, mark September 21st on your calendars. Saturn will be at its closest and brightest, visible to the ...

September 22 marks the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, a moment when light and shadow hold equal weight. Zodiac ...

The autumnal equinox means cooler and longer nights with colorful sights. Shenandoah National Park offers the best of both.

NASA has faced threats of losing a significant portion of its funding since the beginning of the Trump administration. A ...