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This was the Psyche spacecraft’s view of Mars on May 3, 2026. But Mars is about to get much larger from its point of view! The Psyche mission will fly

Skylab, America’s first space station, launched on May 14, 1973. Its highly publicized crash back to Earth – during which it dropped huge chunks of hardware into the Indian Ocean

Is Pluto a planet? Scientists and the public have debated this question since its reclassification as a dwarf planet in 2006. In this livestream, astronomer Alan Stern of NASA’s New

Artist’s concept of a brown dwarf, larger than planets such as Jupiter, but not massive enough to become a star. The known brown dwarf population doubled after citizen scientists scoured

This illustration shows 2 black holes spiraling toward a colossal collision. A new study says mergers like this could explain how mysteriously large black holes form. Image via LIGO/ Caltech/

View larger. | NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft captured this view of Mercury on December 1, 2011. The researchers think it probably looks a lot like exoplanet LHS 3844 b, a hot

Artist’s illustration of a small world passing front of a background star. When astronomers in Japan recently observed the small outer solar system object 2002 XV93, the light from the

Artist’s illustration depicting dozens of exoplanets. A new survey of data from NASA’s TESS space telescope has revealed over 10,000 new exoplanet candidates. Wow! Image via NASA. NASA has uncovered

This amazing footage from 1968 shows Neil Armstrong’s close call while training for his moon landing. Science news, night sky events and beautiful photos, all in one place. Click here

View larger. | This artist’s illustration depicts a highly active red dwarf star firing off such intense solar flares that it’s stripping the atmosphere from a nearby planet. It seems