We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the ...

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Glance over your best 8 friends in your personal Solar System ...

Prepare to spend a lot more time on Mars.

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

Have you ever wondered if there is life on another planet? Exoplanets may hold the key to this question.

International Space Station, where astronauts have lived and worked for 25 years, is visible to us on Earth. How to see it ...

After a two-year gap, there will be two total solar eclipses within 12 months of each other, on Aug. 12, 2026, and Aug. 2, ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...