NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...

To tell a Mars rover to turn left or an orbiter to change focus, mission scientists have to beam powerful transmissions ...

Regulus, a distant star, Venus and our moon will be visible during a conjunction tonight, and how Californians can best see it.

The crescent moon aligned with Venus and the bright star Regulus on September 19, creating a rare celestial conjunction in the morning sky. Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere can still spot the trio ...

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

Kevin France, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses the Habitable Worlds Observatory, ...

Nasa has discovered over 6,000 exoplanets - planets outside our Solar System and continue to search for Earth-like worlds ...

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 news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars," NASA acting ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

This cosmic drama offers a unique glimpse into the future fate of our own Solar system and highlights the power of Hubble’s ultraviolet vision to probe stellar remains that would otherwise go ...