Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

Astronomy fans got to see a planetary alignment in mid-April featuring Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. Stargazers will ...

NASA has detected a mysterious object near Jupiter’s orbit, leaving scientists puzzled. The unknown entity could be a new asteroid, rogue planet, or something entirely unexpected. Experts are now ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Vesta’s classification has vexed astronomers for decades, but a recent study is forcing planetary scientists to reevaluate its internal structure.

To understand how chaotic the early solar system was, we need only gaze at the moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars of ...

At the time, the Earth would have been far closer to the moon than it is today, making it perhaps twice as large in the lunar ...

Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact shaped one of space’s oddest pairs. Instead ...

Did you know that the sun is up for more hours this month than in August? August is summertime, and May is still spring, so it may not seem quite right.

The JWST continues to live up to its promise by revealing things hidden from other telescopes. One of its lesser-known ...

On May 14, 2025, Jupiter transitions from Taurus to Gemini, igniting a period of intellectual exploration and rapid change.

Juno’s latest discoveries have pulled back the veil on Jupiter’s harsh atmosphere and the fiery volcanic world of Io. The ...