The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...

The Exploring Venus with Electrolysis (EVE) idea calls for balloons that can fuel themselves in the planet's atmosphere.

Once again, the Solar Orbiter has flown close to Venus. This time, however, the probe was deflected in such a way that it is ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

NASA is a methodical institution that plans its missions years or even decades in advance, enjoys a famously loyal workforce ...

Scientists have discovered a potentially record-breaking fast planetary system, with a star and possible exoplanet moving at ...

In the Milky Way's central bulge, about 24,000 light-years from Earth, a peculiar pair of objects appears to be hurtling ...

Venus Williams is set to play her first professional tennis match in almost a year after receiving a wildcard for next month’s Indian Wells. Williams, who has fallen to 974th in the world rankings, ...

A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has come to the defense of Andreas Mogensen who was insulted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ...