NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

That ordinary smartphone in your pocket could be a powerful tool for investigating outer space ... works through a sort of stopwatch in space: Satellites thousands of miles from Earth first beam radio ...

However, there are also approximately 34,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs ... but this is also only partially true. Yes, ...

According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, maintained by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ...

Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...

However, the Sun’s incredible activity can also destroy life, as displayed with solar radiation and the space weather that ...

Though the nearly full moon will likely outshine some of these speedy meteors, you may still be able to catch a glimpse of ...

She uses noble gases like helium, neon and argon, to study the physical and chemical processes shaping the surfaces of Earth ...