Recent observations of Jupiter's powerful magnetic field by NASA's Juno spacecraft have uncovered a never-before-documented ...

Mission scientists "waited with bated breath" to see if their last-minute operation to save a spacecraft's camera hundreds of millions of miles away had worked.

NASA's Athena Economical Payload Integration Cost mission, or Athena EPIC, is a test launch for an innovative, scalable space ...

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

New research shows that ice in space, once thought to be fully amorphous, may contain up to 25% tiny crystalline ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

In October 1604, astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler spotted a new star in the sky and began tracking it. Over the ...