Before we say goodbye to our interstellar visitor, another close encounter is on its way. This one could be course-altering.

The Sun constantly emits streams of charged particles, known as the solar wind, from its outer atmosphere, the corona. These particles travel throughout the Solar System and interact with Earth's ...

For five years the Mars Rover has been exploring without the aid of maps, GPS or even a brief idea of where it’s going without the help of people on Earth feeding it information ...

Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.

Researchers have revealed stunning new details about the auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. This research, led by ...

The comet runs the risk of being destroyed by its extremely close approach to the Sun in April 2026.

Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been gazing at signals that left the solar system before many of today's graduate students were even born ...

In the last ten years, researchers have started to characterize Mars less as a perpetually frozen desert and more as a planet that went through a tremendously ...

“While 3I/ATLAS is a visitor from interstellar space, travelling from outside the Solar System, its behaviour is completely ...

Your best bet to see the parade is to find a dark place with a clear view of the western horizon about 30 minutes after sunset. Many astronomers recommend using mobile apps like Stellarium or Star ...

The NASA administrator Jared Isaacman tells Ross Douthat how his trips to space shaped his perspective on space travel.