Since childhood, we’ve been told gravity is the force that holds everything together — but what if that idea is incomplete, ...

Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in our Solar System is for good reason.

When a gas is highly energized, its electrons get torn from the parent atoms, resulting in a plasma—the oft-forgotten fourth ...

However, astronomers in Hawaii just spotted a pair of exciting discoveries — a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf — using Japan ...

The Saturn V did not cruise to the Moon at a single speed, it accelerated through distinct phases, briefly peaking at a ...

Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet's intricate timekeeping system, ...

Saturn’s rings appeared to disappear on November 23 due to a rare optical illusion. The phenomenon, which occurs every 13 to 15 years, happens when the rings line up perfectly edge-on with our planet.

On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab.

For lovers of astronomy Saturn’s “disappearing rings” on Sunday will be a rare and fascinating event but for believers in ...

Space exploration is chock-full of jaw-dropping stories, some iconic like the Apollo lunar missions, and some “hidden gems”.

Small icy moons may have hidden oceans that briefly boil under thick ice. Changing pressure inside these moons shapes their ...

Taking high-resolution pictures of stars in space has been considered a serious struggle for decades, and a new discovery was made achieve a higher resolution.