This rare event offers a unique opportunity to explore the universe, including probing the fundamental properties of the ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

Two planets stand side by side as the evening twilight continues to delight and colorful stars shine in the sky this week.

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If astronauts could slow their metabolic rate drastically, they could potentially “sleep” through long voyages between the ...

It turns out that one of the most prominent space artists predicted how a strange celestial object would look — 50 years in ...

The annual event celebrates the discovery of the little planet with a big heart and other scientific advances at Flagstaff, ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took many dramatic images of the rings’ shadows on Saturn.

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro says the Department of Government Efficiency will review the space agency’s payments.

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

With excellent optics and a fully internal zoom design, this lens is well-suited for lunar and solar photography.