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

It's been 30 years since the discovery of the first planet around another star like our Sun. With every new discovery, ...

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, ...

By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

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

Mount Maunganui College will become a hub of scientific inspiration next Wednesday, September 24. The school will host a ...

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.

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

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is visible from some parts of Earth right now. It was only discovered on September 12, as all this ...

In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

An eerie blue hand seems to be reaching out across the universe in a recently released image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...