This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken on January 24 1995, when Venus was at a distance of 70.6 million miles 113.6 million kilometers from Earth.

In an astronomical feat, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers observed a distant galaxy, uncovering ...

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking off what’s expected to be a bustling year of moon missions amid a renewed ...

NASA scientists estimate Earth in 2024 was about 1.47 degrees Celsius warmer than the mid-19th century average (1850-1900).

A star system 5,000 light-years from Earth, surrounded by layers of dust, could help scientists better understand the final ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the moon transit the sun. Sunspot AR3311 was active with m-class flares. Credit: ...

From the total lunar eclipse in March to three epic supermoons this fall, these are the best celestial events of 2025 that are worth traveling for (plus one to look forward to in 2026!).

Curtis Szajkovics is a flight controller with NASA contractor Firefly Aerospace, helping to guide a spacecraft to a moon landing.

Rather, because wolves are nocturnal animals, they are generally more active at night. The moon was directly opposite the sun ...

Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...