On Sept. 21, 2003, NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons came to an end. After 14 years of exploration, the Galileo ...

Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

NASA has estimated that the metals in these asteroids could be worth as much as $10 billion per person, and mining the richest ten asteroids could yield $1.5 trillion. However, the actual extraction ...

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas ...

The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

Summer is officially over September 22, at 2:19 p.m. Time to hang up the surfboard, deflate the beach balls, stow the grill, ...

In a cosmic milestone that once seemed straight out of science fiction, astronomers have captured something previously only imagined: the birth of a planet. This is not a simulation or an artist’s ...

A solar eclipse will occur on September 21-22, 2025, visible in New Zealand, Australia, and parts of the Pacific and Atlantic ...

Mark your calendars for September 21, 2025, as Saturn will reach opposition, offering a spectacular view of the ringed planet ...