Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth. The latest estimates suggest there are around one septillion stars, which is a 1 followed by 24 zeros. Our sun is a typical G-type ...

Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

Mounted on a robotic arm attached to a 33-m long rail, a camera system is brought closer and closer to this scale-model ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The ...

While Earthlings were wrapping gifts and preparing holiday buffets this past Christmas Eve, a rocket named for a south ...

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

It is the beginning of a new space age. On Nov. 25, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill passed by a Republican congress that provides legal clarity and... Performance cookies are used to ...

While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...

NEW YORK — Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked ...