For centuries, space travel has been limited by traditional propulsion methods, with chemical rockets remaining the primary ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.

NASA’s Europa Clipper is set to explore one of the most intriguing moons in the solar system—Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

Europa Clipper - one of the most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet - aims to explore Jupiter's icy moon ...